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	Entwicklungsring Nord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first prototype started in August 1968, but then VFW and Fokker of the Netherlands formed a joint transnational holding company.
		The Fokker VFW alliance affected the VFW-614 negatively, as Fokker needed to sell its competing F27 and F28.
		ERNO VFW Fokker, in competition with Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm (MBB), submitted the winning design, and became the prime contractor for Spacelab.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/VFW-Fokker_GmbH (373 words)

	Fokker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He gained fame with his planes the Fokker Dr.I (triplane) and the Fokker D.VII, with a mechanism that let pilots use machine guns on their planes without shooting their propellers.
		The Fokker factories in the Netherlands were completely destroyed during World War II, and a new factory was built next to Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, in 1951.
		The F27 was followed by the Fokker F28 Fellowship, the Fokker F50, the Fokker F70 and the Fokker F100.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Fokker (460 words)

	Read about Fokker at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Fokker and learn about Fokker here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In December, 1939, Anthony Fokker died in the United States, where the American branch of his company was very successful.
		In 1958, the Fokker F-27 "Friendship" was introduced, which became the world's best selling turboprop airliner (selling almost 800 from 1958 to 1986).
		In 1996 the Fokker company was declared bankrupt, but some parts of the company survived.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Fokker (613 words)

	Fokker - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He gained fame with his planes Fokker Dr.I (triplane) and Fokker D.VII, which used a mechanism that let pilots use machine guns on their planes without shredding their propellers (using interrupter gear).
		In the Twenties, Fokker's biggest success was the F.VIIa/3m trimotor passenger aircraft, which dominated the European market until the arrival of the all-metal American and German aircraft in the mid-Thirties.
		The F-27 was followed by the Fokker F-28 "Fellowship", the Fokker F50, the Fokker F70 and the Fokker F100.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Fokker (636 words)

	FLUG REVUE October 2001: VFW 614 - ahead of its time
		The nose and midsection of the fuselage were built by VFW, while MBB contributed the aft section.
		Responsibility for the wings and engine pylons was assigned to Fokker, while SABCA was responsible for the landing flaps and Fairey of Belgium for the spoilers and ailerons.
		Nevertheless the VFW 614 inaugurated a new era in the post-war development of aircraft construction in Germany and was to prove the basis for German participation in the Airbus programme.
	www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRheft/FRH0110/FR0110g.htm (1187 words)

	Fokker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fokker, which made the planes flown by the...
		The Fokker name has played a major role in the history of European aviation and the company remains an important high technology asset for Europe...
		Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Fokker (949 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Fokker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the 1920s, Fokker's biggest success was the F.VIIa/3m trimotor passenger aircraft, which dominated the European market until the arrival of the all-metal American and German aircraft in the mid-1930s.
		Fokker was one of the main partners in the F-16 consortium.
		F-16s were assembled with parts from the five countries at Fokker and at SABCA in Belgium.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Fokker (910 words)

	fokker f28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a short range jet airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
		Announced by Fokker in April 1962, production was a collaboration between a number of European companies namely Fokker, MBB of Germany, Fokker-VFW of Germany and Short Brothers of United Kingdom.
		There was also government money invested in the project, with the Dutch government providing 50% of Fokker's stake and the German government had 60% of the 35% German stake.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Fokker_F28.html (431 words)

	EADS N.V. - N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The reason behind this was to be seen in the efforts to concentrate the resources of the various aircraft manufacturers so as to meet the enormous demand for aircraft caused by the war.
		Fokker aircraft were built under licence in 22 countries.
		In 1985, it then launched the Fokker 50, a twin-engined turboprop capable of carrying 50 passengers, and in 1986 the twin-jet Fokker 100 with seating for 100.
	www.eads.com /frame/content/en/1024/content/OF00000000400004/8/58/548588.html (613 words)

	FLUG REVUE Datafiles: VFW-Fokker VFW 614
		Studies for the VFW 614 began in 1961, when Weser Flugzeugbau in Bremen and Hamburger Flugzeugbau pooled their engineering resources for the development of a 36-seat airliner, first labelled ERNO 61-4 (Entwicklungsring Nord).
		Most of the VFW 614 in civil service were quickly retired, and during the last years the major user was the Flugbereitschaft der Luftwaffe at Cologne/Bonn airport.
		The final two VFW 614s still in use are now stationed with DLR in Braunschweig and Daimler-Benz Aerospace at Bremen for research duties.
	www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRTypen/FRVFW614.htm (598 words)

	Fokker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He did not return home empty-handed: Fokker managed to smuggle an entire train's worth of D.VII and C.I military planes and spare parts across the German-Dutch border.
		During World War II, the Fokker factories in the Netherlands, which had been taken over by the German occupying forces to produce parts for the German war effort, were completely destroyed.
		The Fokker S-14 "Machtrainer" is the first jet trainer aircraft in the world specifically designed and built to that end (1951)
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/fo/Fokker.htm (683 words)

	SC's airliner lists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Fokker 100, an up-to date re-engined development of the Fokker F-28 Fellowship, made it's first flight in 1986.
		Fokker built the Fokker 50 as re-engined follow up of the successful F-27 Friendship.
		Only a handful were sold, and it was a reason why the cooperation between Fokker and VFW (West Germany) failed.
	members.chello.nl /s.c.verbrugge/F27.html (431 words)

	The Fritz Diepen story
		He Flew a Fokker S 1, This was a aircraft for pilot training and was given the name "instructor".
		Fritz Diepen obtained an agreement with FOKKER for the sales of their F 25 "Promotor" He ordered and sold 20, F-25 "Promoter" a Sport Aircraft.
		A merger with VFW in 1969 placed Fritz Diepen on the board of 'VFW -FOKKER GMBH Duesseldurf.
	www.centercomp.com /cgi-bin/dc3/story?1330 (649 words)

	Speyer, Technik Museum, 2005
		The VFW 614 was the first passenger jet to go into large-scale production in the Western part of Germany.
		The very spacious and comfortably equipped VFW 614 can carry 40 - 44 passengers on a distance of more than 650 kilometers.
		Powered by aero-engines which were developed by Rolls-Royce and mounted atop of the wings, the airplane reached a maximum speed of 735 km/h.
	www.ruudleeuw.com /speyer05.htm (1447 words)

	Historie 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With the merger of 'Focke Wulf', 'Weser-Flugzeugbau' and 'Enst Heinkel Flugzeugbau' into VFW in 1964 Speyer no longer was headquarters of an independent company, but only a production plant for the VFW corporation.
		With the development of the C 160 Transall the plant in Speyer manufactured parts for 169 of these big transport airplanes: Engine pylons, horizontal tails and rudders..
		In 1980 it was necessary to separate from the Fokker company and the name was changed to 'Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke GmbH' again.
	www.pfw.de /alt/Englisch/hist13.htm (247 words)

	Airline History - Airliners by Date (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The new turbo-prop short-haul types like the Fokker 27 and Viscount which were introduced in the 1950s became the main types for many regional airlines where pure-jet aircraft were less economical on very short routes.
		At this point the new Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 jets replaced it.
		The Herald was a British turboprop designed in competition with the Fokker Friendship regional airliner.
	airlines.afriqonline.com /aircraft/bydecade/1960.htm (2182 words)

	General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcon for the Netherlands
		In March of 1980, the Netherlands announced plans (finally approved by the Dutch Parliament in December 1983) to increase its purchase of F-16s from 102 to 213 aircraft.
		In 1989, the Netherlands ordered an attrition replacement batch of 10 F-16As (understood to be manufactured by General Dynamics rather then by Fokker).
		The last F-16 rolled of the line at Fokker's Schipol plant on February 27, 1990.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher4/f16_14.html (1410 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum -
		1969 - Vereinigte Flugzeugwerke VFW H 3, Helicopter Experimental
		The VFW H3 is a experimental helicopter to test some new propulsion concepts.
		As a mixture an autogiro and a helicopter, the main rotor is driven only for start and hovering.
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/ith/vfw.htm (199 words)

	eBay.co.uk - fokker, fokker Magazines, Transportation items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Airplane Issue 48 Westland Sea King, Fokker F28
		2 items found for fokker in eBay Shops.
		111 items found for fokker in All Categories
	books.search.ebay.co.uk /fokker_Magazines_W0QQfmcZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsprZ0QQsacatZ607 (243 words)

	SPACELAB
		An industrial consortium headed by ERNO-VFW Fokker (Zentralgesellschoft VFW-Fokker mbh) was named by ESA in June 1974 to build the pressurized modules.
		Five 10-foot-long, unpressurized, U-shaped pallet segments were built by the British Aerospace Corporation under contract to ERNO-VFW Fokker.
		NASA astronauts called mission specialists, as well as non-career astronauts called payload specialists, fly aboard Spacelab to operate experiments.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/spacelab.html (8176 words)

	World Aviation in 1980
		The Dutch Fokker company changes its name to Fokker BV with the end of the merged activities of VFW-Fokker.
		Braniff International terminates its agreement to lease Concorde aircraft from British Airways and Air France citing fuel costs, which have almost doubled since the lease began.
		After three years of negotiation, Messerscmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) and Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW), reach an agreement on a proposed merger of the two companies.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/world/1980.html (409 words)

	aviation & planes- Airliner manuals and brochures for sale
		For sale is a "VFW 614 Flight Handbook including LBA approved Flight
		The back cover is slightly creased, but the
		For sale is a brochure "Fokker F.28 Fellowship Twin Turbofan
	www.aviationbanter.com /showthread.php?t=5096 (809 words)

	Walter Van Tilborg contributions
		Fokker S-12 T-22 Instructor (0847) Brazilian AF Fokker S-13 Universal Trainer (D-101) RNethAF
		Hindustan HJT-16 Kiran (U2489) Indian AF Arsenal VB-10 French AF Fokker S-14 Mach Trainer (L-3) RNethAF
		Fokker S-12 T-22 Instructor (0847) Brazilian AF Fokker S-11 Instructor
	1000aircraftphotos.com /Contributions/VanTilborg/VanTilborg.htm (317 words)

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