Fokker
Dr.1
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Photo: Robert Deering 10/18/2012
National Museum of the USAF
Wright-Paterson AFB (FFO)
Dayton, Ohio
 
Photo: Robert Deering 5/27/2017
 Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Addison Airport (ADS)
 Addison, Texas

Photo: Robert Deering 4/9/2019
 Technik Museum
 Speyer, Germany

  
Few aircraft have received the attention given the Fokker Dr. I triplane. Often linked with the career of World War I's highest scoring ace, Germany's Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen (the "Red Baron"), the nimble Dr. I earned a reputation as one of the best dogfighters of the war.

The German air force ordered the Fokker Dr. I in the summer of 1917, after the earlier success of the British Sopwith triplane. The first Dr. Is appeared over the Western Front in August 1917. Pilots were impressed with its agility, and several scored victories with the highly maneuverable triplane. Von Richthofen scored 19 of his last 21 victories were achieved while he was flying the Dr. I. By May 1918, however, the Dr. I was being replaced by the newer and faster Fokker D. VII.
SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:
Span:  23 ft. 7 in. Maximum speed:  103 mph
Length:  18 ft. 11 in. Cruising speed: 
Height:  9 ft. 8 in. Range:  185 miles
Empty Weight:  891 lbs. Service ceiling:  19,685 ft.
Gross Weight:  1,291 lbs. loaded  
Crew:  Pilot
Engines:  Oberursel Ur II of 110 hp or LeRhone of 110 hp
Armament:  Two 7.92mm Spandau LMG 08/15 machine guns
   
SOURCE:   National Museum of the United States Air Force