Airframe of the prototype Fokker M.5

The Fokker M.5 was an unarmed single-seat monoplane aircraft designed and built by Anthony Fokker in 1913. It served as a light reconnaissance aircraft with the German army at the outbreak of the First World War and was the basis for the first successful fighter aircraft in German service, the Fokker E.I. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Prototyping. ... A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ... Anton Herman Gerard Anthony Fokker (April 6, 1890 – December 23, 1939), was born in Kediri (Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia) and became a Dutch aircraft manufacturer. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Max Immelmann of Feldflieger Abteilung 62 in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I. The Fokker E.I was the first successful fighter aircraft, entering combat with the German Army Air Service in mid-1915 which marked the start of a period known as the Fokker Scourge during which the...

Design

Fokker's design for the M.5 was very closly based on that of the French Morane-Saulnier Type H shoulder-wing monoplane — though instead of the wooden wire-braced box girder structure of the Type H, Fokker used a welded steel tube frame. Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturer formed by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane Brothers in October 1911. ... Look up Girder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. ...

Powerplant

The powerplant was an 80 hp (60 kW) Gnôme 7-cylinder rotary engine (built under licence by Oberursel). As in the Morane original, the tail and elevators were fully-movable, having no fixed section. There were two versions of the M.5: the long-span M.5L and the short-span M.5K ("K" for kurz meaning "short" in German). The M.5 was light, strong and manoeuvrable, capable of aerobatics (although like all aircraft relying on the early style of Morane balanced elevators it had very sensitive fore-amd-aft control) — Fokker himself performed in the M.5 at Johannisthal in May and June 1914, winning a number of awards. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G. was a German manufacturer of automobile, locomotive and aircraft engines. ... Stern-mounted steering oar of an Egyptian riverboat depicted in the Tomb of Menna (c. ... For other meanings of elevator see Elevator (disambiguation). ... Soon after aircraft were invented, pilots realised that they could be used as part of a flying circus to entertain people or impress others in what was termed aerobatics. ... The Johannisthal Air Field, located 10 miles southeast of Berlin, was Germanys first airfield. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

German army adoption

The German army adopted the militarised long-span M.5, designated the A.II. A two-seat version, known as the M.8 also entered service as the A.I. These aircraft were used on the Western and Eastern Fronts in the early stages of the war. In early 1915, five M.5Ks were ordered, designated the A.III, but before delivery they were modified, being equipped with a single machine gun, becoming the five Fokker M.5K/MG production prototypes of the Fokker E.I. For most of World War I, Allied Forces, predominantly those of France and the United Kingdom, were stalled at trenches on the Western Front. ... The Eastern Front refers to a theatre of war during the first World War in Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... Max Immelmann of Feldflieger Abteilung 62 in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I. The Fokker E.I was the first successful fighter aircraft, entering combat with the German Army Air Service in mid-1915 which marked the start of a period known as the Fokker Scourge during which the...

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Related development: Fokker E.I Max Immelmann of Feldflieger Abteilung 62 in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I. The Fokker E.I was the first successful fighter aircraft, entering combat with the German Army Air Service in mid-1915 which marked the start of a period known as the Fokker Scourge during which the...

Comparable aircraft: Morane-Saulnier Type H

Designation sequence: M.1 - M.2 - M.3 - M.4 - M.5 - M.8