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Fokker D.X (or D.10) was a Dutch fighter aircraft designed after WW1. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ...
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Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
The chief designer at Fokker, Reinhold Platz, designed the Fokker D.VIII fighter in 1918. It was a monoplane with unsupported wings, which was an uncommon feature of the time. Its engine could only develop 110 hp, but it had good flying qualities. 60 aircraft were manufactured in Germany. Fokker E.V The Fokker D.VIII (also E.V) was a late World War I parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ...
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SAF Roundel The Spanish Air Force (Spanish: Ejército del Aire; literally, Army of the Air) is the air force of the Spain. ...
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Specifications (D.X) Data from Thulinista Hornetiin General characteristics - Crew: 1
- Length: 8 m (ft in)
- Wingspan: 14 m (ft in)
- Height: 2.95 m (ft in)
- Wing area: m² (ft²)
- Empty weight: kg (lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,250 kg (lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 8 Fb , kW (300 hp)
Performance Armament 2x MGs The distance AB is the wing span of this Aer Lingus Airbus A320. ...
In aviation, the Maximum Take-Off Weight (or MTOW) is the maximum weight with which an aircraft is allowed to try to achieve flight. ...
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Stall speed is an aerodynamic term. ...
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Sources - Timo Heinonen (1992). Thulinista Hornetiin - 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita. Tikkakoski: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo. ISBN 9519568824.
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