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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 3:48 pm 
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A new built WW II era Fokker D.XXI fighter made its first flight on the 23rd at Hoogeveen airport in the Netherlands.
Built according to the original Fokker company drawings, this must be the ultimate Fokker ;-)
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/f ... rst-flight

Photo by the builders: Van Egmond Vintage Wings


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 5:32 pm 
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It looks beautiful! Congratulations to all those involved!


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 5:36 pm 
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It's a fantastic achievement. Fokker have been very supportive of the project and I believe is seen by them and the Dutch aviation authority as a late production build D.21. It incorporates a large amount of original D.21 components that have been sourced by Jack over the last 50+ years.

The Wright 1820 engine was aquired from the Nationaal Militair Museum at Soesterberg. The Dutch had originally planned to replace the Mercury with the Wright 1820, that was planned in 1941. The Dutch government had already purchased in 1939 10 of those Wright engines and saved them as spare engines for a couple of D.21’s. This D.21 repro engine is one of those 10 spare engines which were bought in 1939. It has never been used, only had engine testrun of 2.5 hours after leaving the factory, so it's actually quite original for the D.21!

The planned engine replacements of 1941 never took place as the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 8:11 pm 
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Fantastic news. I built a Matchbox 1/72 model D.XXI as a kid and have had a soft spot for them ever since, and this has been an amazing project to follow. Bravo to Jack and everyone involved!

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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2022 9:47 am 
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Video here: https://www.facebook.com/FlyingFokkerD2 ... 271211403/

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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2022 5:44 pm 
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Using an 1820 is a very sensible decision.

I speak from the position of trying to support a Pegasus (in the Swordfish we used to have) and the Mercury (which I'm flying now in the Lysander.)

There simply aren't any parts for the Bristol engines. Last week we cooked a starter. Now we have to concoct a replacement that fits and works.

It's like that scene in MacBeth...


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Why doth the Lysander maketh mine knuckles to bleed forthwith?




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