Fokker Dr.I at WWI Dawn Patrol 2022 NMUSAF

Video of Fokker Dr.I owner and pilot John Elliot flying during the WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous at the National Museum of the USAF on Oct 8, 2022. This video also includes an interview with vintage aircraft restorer and pilot Andrew King.
Produced by the National Museum of the USAF. Public Domain.

[@jhorrocks8108]

Such a very special place and everything they do! Visited twice and need to return soon!

[@milepost465historyhobbies4]

Wonderful! That ship just leaps in the air.

[@happyhome41]

I just LOVE that the museum is so ACTIVE these last few years. Nothing like this was done when I was stationed there in the early 80s. Kudos to the group that makes this work !

[@USAFmuseum]

Thanks so much, we are thrilled to continue telling the amazing stories!!!

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

I am glad I got to visit Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome before we moved from the east coast. It was a wonderful experience.

[@Whitpusmc]

King knows his stuff, he and his father are legends in this area. Nice to see him online.

[@babuzzard6470]

It’s amazing how far aviation has come in a hundred years or so, imagine Von Richthofen in a modern jet.

[@sihcakuo]

He would be even more scarier.

[@user-kz1vx8ni1q]

Sweet video, great photography, storytelling. Thanks!

[@briansilcox5720]

Excellent coverage of an important part of the history of flight. Good to hear from someone with such experience. Thank you!

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Most informative Triplane video I have ever seen, thanks!

[@wasgaming7932]

What an awesome plane…..wish there were more WWI replicas flying around. By far my favorite era of aviation.

[@backpages1]

Ah, that was great! I’m in the process of building a small foam r/c Fokker, with plans for a larger one this summer and maybe a much larger one after that. It’s great that there are still people flying these beautiful aircraft, and even greater that we have cameras to record the event! I can just imagine the Red Baron adjusting his camera so he could get a selfie of himself and the British plane behind him trying to shoot him out of the sky! Thanks for posting!

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

Beautiful Fokker! What a great display of the Knight's Cross! I can just see the Red Baron showcasing his skills! With all that wing area, it must be extremely manuverable.

[@spannaspinna]

Big drag penalty though

[@jroc2201]

Beautiful plane, excellent presentation, so cool

[@daningrim475]

This video sure reminds me of the movie "The Blue Max." Great video! 👍

[@pesetamaya3509]

Beautiful machinery one million thumbs up to this channel

[@tasmanaircraft8386]

Went to Omaka, NZ, in 2013, and saw 7 of them in a mock dogfight. It was a hot day and I thought the DR1s were bouncing around a lot due to the extra lift they got from the thermals. The Camel was much more stable.😊

[@bobm7275]

This is without a doubt the best video I have ever watched, I can't say exactly why but partly because of your love for the subject that comes across very well. my love for aircraft is there but I am sorely lacking in determination. I am ex R.C.A.F., 77 years old and still regret a decision I made at 19 years old at 1AFTS in Gimli, Manitoba.

[@theart8039]

My Gran Dad was a good friend of Jeremy Kemp from the Blue Max and when I was little he told me that George Peppard (who was a fighter pilot) took one of these for a flight and was white faced when he landed and said "never again"...I will go on to say that Jeremy was a splendid guy

[@whydahell3816]

That was lovely. My father was a pilot, small planes. I always wanted to be one but failed at that dream, priorities I'd guess. I've taken a few "lessons" at the Hammond Louisiana Airport. One of m friends has the channel Randy Steven's. And he flys locally. His father and my dad would fly us boys around and it was fantastic!

[@mikkyb9394]

Loved these since I was a kid

[@davidholmgren659]

Outstanding!

[@johnmcpherson1713]

I went to Rinebeck in the early 70s with my dad. Was awesome.

[@joeshmoe9978]

I would be far more excited to see this aircraft at an airshow than yet another F-16 or F-18.

[@nigel900]

Beautiful! 👍🏻

[@edsims719]

Cool video & cool airplane!

[@johnosbourn4312]

Cool video!

[@indridcold8433]

When I was 5 years old, my father told me to get a job. To date, I have had no dream of anything. I love the pilot loves living his dream. I would settle for just having a dream.

[@allwinds3786]

I've ridden BMW motorcycles for over 4 decades in All weather and his description of his flying outfits sounds very familiar. 😊🥶

[@sadwingsraging3044]

60?!!? Just goes to show you that having fun keeps you young and flying a DrI would be hard to surpass.👍🏻

[@atomicbonds6790]

Such a beautiful plane! What's the range? What's your rotation speed?

[@black_baron_net]

☠BLACK BARON☠1:46 ... what a pilot interface design in the cockpit at that age.

[@rpvvr451]

beautiful machine! I have to fly a sopwith or a fokker before I die! If I owned that , I'd never be on the ground hahaha

[@walterius304]

belleza de avión

[@Katzenkaiser]

was für ein wunderschönes Flugzeug!

[@markfrench8892]

One word! Wow!!

[@backpages1]

I forgot to ask, what are the wood (handles?) pieces that hang from the bottom wing, out at the ends?

[@alexandremarcelino7360]

Espetacular🌟👏

[@kristoffermangila]

This video makes me want to play Sabaton's "The Red Baron"!

[@samuelcurcio9886]

What scale?

[@fabricegrard1001]

Superbe

[@ToddDunning]

God Bless Cole Palen

[@terrancestodolka4829]

So with the modern add-ons of a Lycoming engine and instrument gauges along with the technical understanding of good balancing of the center of gravity, it can be made somewhat safe to fly...Like the details of showing of what was original and what is added later...

[@christophergrube3993]

Safety is realtive. He said it was the nicest flying Fokker triplane he's ever flown. But...in comparison to modern airplanes they fly like crap. Most modern pilots wouldn't like flying one. The romance of flying one far exceeds the reality.

[@mikemallano2484]

I saw a piece of the original Red Baron's plane in a museum and this plane has the correct colour on it. The original colour has a hint of purple in it, not bright red like in most recreationist aircraft.

[@wayneyd2]

Peter Jackson have two of these in his private collection in New Zealand. They are flyable replica.

[@Skymaster359]

Su tamaño es original ? porque existen algunos en vuelo y en museos pero con una escala más pequeña

[@guypehaim1080]

The Fokker triplane is nice, but I prefer the Fokker D VI which is a biplane which is the typical WWI aeroplane with the round engine and two wings.

[@hugofokker2191]

For future reference, it's pronounced "f*cker", beautiful replica! great to still see enthousiasm for it!

[@texasbeast239]

Beeyooteeful

[@lastfrontierforge6170]

Lol I love how he mentioned north dakota lol it gets really cold here 😂

[@LATIFAHMOHDNOR-zy1mq]

The N8731R in the photograph is yellow-coloured.

[@LATIFAHMOHDNOR-zy1mq]

Page 582 In the foreground: a De Havilland Tiger Moth.

[@LATIFAHMOHDNOR-zy1mq]

N3221

[@rangerjones5531]

Well, I’m jealous 😁👍🏻🇺🇸🍺🥃

[@rodrigogonzalez7858]

Can’t believe how these more than 100 years old planes still work on 2022

[@wanderschlosser1857]

It is very likely not an original.

[@spannaspinna]

It’s a very nice replica

[@christophergrube3993]

It's a replica. Built just a few years ago. Not 100.

[@Buledde]

Imagine flying that tiny plane with the original massive rotary engine. It probably flips over to one side if you pull up on the stick.

[@Jorge-hj2tp]

Is the cell phone mount stock? 😂

[@matztertaler2777]

A short reminder on the German Aces of WW1: Richthofen, Boelke, Voß, Loerzer, Loewenhardt, Schäfer, Udet, Osterkamp,......

[@gaius_enceladus]

Nnnneeeeeeeeooooooowww---- daka-daka-daka-daka-daka-daka-daka-daka-daka............ :)

[@Blokythebunny05]

“Then this went on sale” Where do you even buy a full functioning Fokker DR1? eBay? Wish? (Honestly probably eBay, everything and everything is on it.)

[@hikakin_mania440]

110年前の戦闘機😊

[@disco07]

They used to dogfight in these kitecrates. Amazing!

[@chris_hisss]

Awesome! But why in the heck would you want to an older engine? That thing works amazing. Kermit Weeks shows his and there is oil going everywhere, the plane looks like it would flip at any moment, just looked terrifying! This was so smooth!

[@ImpressionismFTW]

There's only one way, for better or for worse, to get closer to the original complete experience and its using the original technology or as close to it as you can. Some people want the original experience more than the "best" experience.

[@NesconProductions]

Kermit Weeks much like the late Paul Allen strived for authenticity of the aircraft in their collections. Well summed up by ImpressionismFTW reply & much respect for the work of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and Kermit Weeks!

[@525Lines]

To protect the pilots in cold weather, they'd smear duck fat on their face.

[@jameswebb4593]

Goose fat .

[@bima8271]

RED BARON PLANES 👍👍👍👍

[@anthonyburke5656]

Why does no one build the Sopwith Tripe that inspired the Focker?

[@jeffreyhagelin3672]

Utube has at least two one video of a gentleman who built and flew a Sopwith triplane.

[@Rob-vv5yn]

There is a Sopwith trip in New Zealand, plus about 8-10 Fokker triplanes, search “ wings over wairarapa” they have airshows every year or so with lots of Peter Jackson’s planes and others WW1 planes the Sopwith will be there, same set up radial engined like this one in the video

[@danielependola1580]

Il telaio è come l'originale, o è l'originale, ma il motore non è l'originale del Fokker DR1, è un motore stellare rotativo, cosa che questo velivolo non ha.

[@artp5030]

Красиво , класс , но без Gnom не торт

[@maccjw]

Please Note as Americans often do, you are mangling the name, it’s not Foaker its pronounced like soccer thus Fokker. Otherwise great content.

[@gj1234567899999]

I think saying it correctly for Americans makes it too close to sounding like “Fucker” 😂

[@jaybirdk7414]

@@gj1234567899999, you said what I was going to say!

[@markkonkel4448]

There's an old joke in there... Old WW1 pilot was telling his dogfighting storied to a young class at grand kid's school. Most scared moment he described as..." There was one Fokker (kids snicker) diving down on me, one Fokker (kids snicker) coming up under me in the blind spot and one Fokker (kids snicker) coming in on the left side. Fortunately, I was able to escape with a roll to the right and dive. The teacher then explained to the class that the enemies. plane was named after the designer, Anthony Fokker, and not what you were thinking Foker meant. The old pilot agreed with her, "Ja... and some of those Fokkers were Junkers..."

[@CaptainRon1913]

Rotex engine and a tail wheel in a Fokker Triplane, seriously?

[@justlovelyaintit]

Fokker not Foker.The o as in dot.

[@jameswebb4593]

The German copy of the Sopwith Triplane that was running rings around the German fighters in 1917 . Canadian Raymond Collishaw shot down 37 Germans in his Tripe.

[@stevepeyton9073]

Curse you Red Baron!

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Sry' She ain't turning/spraying Castor oil fumes.... 😛

[@lordofthemound3890]

Forget cotton. Get yourself some good merino wool.

[@wanderschlosser1857]

What was herioc in their fight? They were soldiers who did their duty because America entered a war that wasn't theirs to beginn with. Of course the German pilots were shooting at them and they killed each other, war you know. That doesn't make the Fokker Triplane less fascinating. Not everything is just about patriotism.

[@LordHolley]

I didn't hear them say anything negative. Are you sure you're not being a little over sensitive?

[@Plisken65]

​@@LordHolley agreed. It's ridiculous how much the younger generation goes around looking to be outraged against everything except themselves.

[@The_hidden-Life]

Exactly.​@@Plisken65

[@The_hidden-Life]

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[@CVADROCUM]

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[@justlovelyaintit]

Pronounced as fokker not fauker.

[@cnnw3929]

Too much talk, not enough engine and prop sound. Sorry.

[@valiiiiie1111111111]

Hyperventilating

[@DayBeforeTomorrow]

Displaying German fighters at an American air show? How patriotic of you! How many American pilots do you think the Fokker killed? What a better way to celebrate the heroic deaths of American pilots than by displaying the model of airplane that may have killed them! Classy!

[@USAFmuseum]

It is good to see and try to understand what our airmen were up against.

[@michaelhuxley6337]

Also remember in 1918, when you eventually decided to join in the war you had no airplains that were any good of your own. All aircreft flown by American airmen then were either French or British built.