Tagged: Fokker

Air Transports / Airliners / Aviation History / Europe / military

January 22, 2022

Fokker Turboprop Airliners

Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer which operated in various forms from 1912 through 1996. Anthony Fokker’s company began its life in Germany before World War I, and ended up in The Netherlands, headquartered in Amsterdam before closing in...

Air Transports / Airliners / Aviation History / Europe

December 25, 2021

Fokker Jet Airliners

Air Transports / Airliners / Aviation History / Europe

July 3, 2021

Fokker Civil Jet Transport Scrapbook

Anthony Fokker built and flew his first aircraft before World War I, in 1910. The Dutch citizen later moved to Germany and started his namesake – aircraft building company in 1912. His company was successful with the design and...

Airshow / Boeing / fighters / Formation Flying / military / museums / New England / Trainers / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Navy / warbirds / World War II

September 24, 2016

Owls Head Transportation Museum Presents Its 2016 Rally

Located on the north end of the Knox County/Rockland Maine airport, the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s Wings and Wheels Spectacular, held on the first full weekend in August this year, featured aircraft designs that spanned a full century...

Airshow / bombers / fighters / Formation Flying / museums / warbirds

August 14, 2015

The 2015 Rally at the Owls Head Transportation Museum

Tucked away on a closed runway that dates back to World War II, the Owls Head Transportation Museum resides in Rockland, Maine at the Knox County Regional Airport. Its mission “is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft,...

air force / bombers / fighters / military / navy

July 18, 2011

Genesseo – The Greatest Show on Turf 2011

Genesseo bills it’s self as the “Greatest Show on Turf” and is located in upstate New York just south of Rochester. I’ve made enough trips to the show to say it’s a good one. When you talk to the...

post / warbirds

July 14, 2011

Genesseo 2011 Mishaps

Genesseo 2011 had two accidents in which fortunately nobody was seriously injured. As we arrived at the field on Saturday morning about 8:40AM, emergency crews were rolling on a S-35 Bonanza. According to the Sheriffs Department, Leon Rousselle of...