That's a Big Fokker! Let's learn some Fokker History | Plane Savers S2-E34

[@farmcentralohio]

I should be thanking you Mr. Mikey, ever since you started this project I have stopped saying the bad word that starts with an F, I now use FOKKER in it's place lol :) Great video and interesting too.

[@christopherescott6787]

Every time I hear the name Fokker, I think of the Transair F28 Dad flew in the 70's. Still, nothing on a scale as this. Such a worthy and fascinating project.

[@Mike_Costello]

I’m lucky enough to live in Brisbane where Kingsford-Smith’s Fokker Tri-motor is housed at Brisbane International Airport. We also have a flying replica operated by HARS down near Sydney. The original has a connection to Alaska!! Read here: The Southern Cross began life as the Detroiter, a polar exploration aircraft of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic expedition. The aircraft had crashed in Alaska in 1926, and was recovered and repaired by the Australian expedition leader, Hubert Wilkins. Wilkins, who had decided the Fokker was too large for his Arctic explorations, met with Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in San Francisco and arranged to sell them the aircraft, without engines or instruments. And then, after fitting new motors and a few bits, the rest is history. PS: its plus 35 Celsius here. Toasty.

[@kbjerke]

I sympathize with the temperatures, Mikey... spent a few of my early years as an AME in Timmins, at 30-40 below, working on DC-3s, Otters, Twin Otters, and HS-748s, to name a few. I feel I'm luxury today, at 2 degrees just north of Newmarket, ON. But I'm certain we'll eventually get our share of winter. Merry Christmas, Mikey and all!!!

[@shadowraith1]

Your right about Fokker history. After listening to the Hanger Rats, more confused than ever as far as the Germans plane ID's. Still that was a long time ago. Glad to see Chuckie is getting the Triplane frame cleaned up. Hearing about the temps your having it's a wonder anyone's moving around. Keep them flying.👍🛩🛩🛩👍

[@sharoncassell9358]

I just learned German and I'm still confused. The rats made it worse. Lol.

[@stephenchandler1267]

If the German Air Force had officially recognised the 'fourth wing', and the German for 'four' being 'vier' (pronounced fee-er) Then the Dr.1 would have been the worlds first 'V1' :)

[@switchbackrickrc]

Thanks for featuring my city of Sault Ste. Marie Mikey, we are spoiled having the Canadian Bush Plane Museum here. You should come and check it out some day, would love to have a pint with you at the Northern Superior micro brewery next door, just saying.

[@dibaldgyfm9933]

I have never experienced that kind of freeze - once at 30°C I felt pain on the skin (50 years ago and I still remember!)

[@canadianbushplaneheritagec3734]

Excellent video!! Thanks for showing our Fokker Trimotor!

[@stephenp448]

An interesting note about the F.VII is that it was one of the last transport aircraft to have wooden structure. In 1931, an F.VII crashed, killing Knute Rockne (Notre Dame football coach). The cause of the crash was structural failure, and this led to a shift to all-metal aircraft such as the Ford Tri-Motor, Boeing 247 and of course the Douglas DC series.

[@elcam84]

Was so much easier at the end of Fokker when they called their two planes the F70 and F100 for the brand name and the number of seats. The F100 was a well liked plane here in the US. The better 3/4 enjoyed working on the F100.

[@jwenting]

Not that hard. The F.VII was the 7th passenger aircraft model Fokker built. The next in line was the F.VIII (though there was, logically, an upgraded F.VIIIb/3M called the F-10 which didn't have 10 passengers but 12, but was ordered by KLM to have 10).

[@mischef18]

Enjoyed the video bro, done my Christmas shopping I got myself a google chrome thing so I can watch PLANE SAVERS lying down. All the best to everyone

[@brianyurkovitch5744]

I grew up in Northern West Virginia near where the Fokker Tri-Motor was built in Glen Dale WV. Was cool to see it mentioned in your video. From what I understand the company went under during the great depression and the factory was bought by a toy company.

[@bjornsplaneworld]

Fokker that’s from the Netherlands!! It’s made by Anthony Fokker. I was on board of the last KLM Fokker flight. I am from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@avgjoeavglife]

Fokker is Underappreciated.

[@LunarCavalier]

Dutch guy with a Norwegian name?

[@bjornsplaneworld]

Yes that’s true

[@BronzeGiant]

Just got my Fokker Plane Savers shirt. Can't wait to wear it.

[@tundramanq]

Explains why I never figured out the Mercedes car model naming scheme. Nuts!

[@projekt6_official]

I visited that F7 / museum on the way to Airventure this year. Super cool - lot of other cool planes there, too! LOVED the explanation of the airplane names, haha!

[@SmittySmithsonite]

That F7 is a beast! Love it! Thanks for the history lesson Mikey! The hanger rats guys always crack me up! Too funny! Try to stay warm there Mikey! We’re in the yo-yo part of winter. Last weekend I saw -20 Celsius, tomorrow will be 13 Celsius, then back down to about -10 Celsius. Crazy winter weather Here in Massachusetts!

[@sharoncassell9358]

Theyre all good. You pick one you think is most significant put Joe on more frequently.

[@skykingagi]

Another great episode, Mikey. Thank you.

[@basiltaylor8910]

I will make it easier for the' hangar rats' to understand in basic ladybird book language. Fokker ,is in fact Dutch, the company formed by Anthony Fokker several years before the 'Great War', at first making the 'Spinne' Spider a very frail rag wing monoplane powered by various small engines ,i,e Anzani a tiny lawnmower sized engine that powered Loius Bleriot,s model 9 across the English Channel in 1909. Reinhold Platz a gifted German designer joined Fokker just before the Great War, he designed the 'M' Series , a clean cut shoulder wing monoplane with a 100hp Oburersal rotary engine ,and a distinctive 'Comma' shaped rudder. In late 1914 , this aircraft 'the M5K' that Anthony Fokker together with Reinhold Platz fitted an air-cooled Spandau machine gun atop the front fuselage behind the engine. A simple spring loaded push pull rod and roller ran from the gun,s firing mechanism to a cam ring fitted to the rear engine casing. The Cam precisely lined up with one of the propeller blades, ,thus preventing bullets damaging the prop. This crude 'Interrupter gear' enabled Fokker,s armed M5K ,now an E -1 'Eindecker' single wing to wreak havoc over the Western Front in groups of three 'called Kamphensister Kommandos' . Early 1915 these Kommandos hacked out of the skies many a dawdling RFC Royal Aircraft Factory BE2 going about its business photographing the front line trenches ,and spotting for our artillery. The BE2 quickly gained notoriety 'the Fokker Fodder' for the all the wrong reasons,as it was too slow and stable. Your Dreidecker is an evolution of Fokker,s fighter range, and in fact the Dreidecker is fact British, okay yes!!, keep your teddies in the pram (baby carriage).

[@glossamano1899]

Good morning from Adelaide, Australia, Saturday morning 25 deg. 😎

[@renevandenborre3629]

So here's my take on the big announcement by Mikey on Saturday: When he heard that Nolinor in Mirabel was going to get 2 boeing 777-200 for charter he thinks he'll do one better and lease 3 Boeing 777-200 for charters to Cuba and Florida from Yellowknife and Whitehorse all winter long. Maybe Paris and London in the heat of the summer too.

[@sharoncassell9358]

What dates are these? Its july 24 now 2022.

[@basiltaylor8910]

Late 1916 T.O.M Sopwith of Sopwith aircraft based at the old Brooklands motor racing circuit designed a three winged version of his successful Pup Biplane Fighter. Simply known as the Sopwith Triplane,its staggered three narrow chord wings offered unrivalled manouverability ,more than able to cope with the Ernst Heinkel designed Albatross D-2 . Sopwith built for the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) a limited number of Triplanes,one named 'Black Prince' was a thorn in the side of many a 'Jagstaffeln' with Albatros D-2,s . Early 1917 Idflieg ,and the German Imperial Army Air Service contracted Fokker to design, build their own version of T.O.M Sopwith,s Triplane the Dr-1, and guess who flew one painted bright red!!!?.

[@haugdal]

Another great video Mikey. Thank you

[@angelreading5098]

What a first class replica that big radial engined Fokker is,it went on to become the Fokker F7 3/m tri-motor making some famous flights. It sure looks mighty cold in that side hangar at Yellowknife,Mikey did you get my full history of Joes Fox Moth CF-DIX ? it makes for interesting reading.

[@danamarcy5414]

Hey Mikey. pretty bloody cold for a Friday the 13th. Good job to get it done. Keep the mitts on. :-)

[@daveshively3295]

Got it!.....I think? P.S. Bill and Adam Savage have got to be long lost brothers....just sayin.😀

[@artd.]

2:28 wing span 721feet ? That is a world record.......... Love the Episode must have been the cold.

[@MikeyMcBryan]

Square Feet lol

[@b.p.7153]

Mikey seems like he would be everyone’s best friend.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

It will be interesting to hear what Plane Savers news Mikey has on the Sunday live stream.

[@markbonwell209]

The "D" stands for "Doppledecker" or biplane. Funny how it stuck with the Fokker D-VIII high wing monoplane!

[@blueboats7530]

The D-VIII designation might have been to keep the new design a secret as long as possible, sort of like the F-117 Stealth "Fighter".

[@RichardPflug]

By the way Fokker also continued to produce military planes. Mainly for the Dutch Airforce. At the moment a Dutch team is painstakingly building a flying replica of one of the Dr.I’s grandchildren: a Fokker D.XXI. One of the main planes both the Dutch and Finish Air Force relied on during WW.2. facebook.com/FlyingFokkerD21/

[@AmericasChoice]

Great Fokker Tri-Motor footage in the movie "Where Eagles Dare"

[@avgjoeavglife]

I flew a Real Ford Tri-Motor.

[@AmericasChoice]

@@avgjoeavglife How was that experience?

[@avgjoeavglife]

@@AmericasChoiceGreat! small inside, loud, but i only circled my local Airport, But it was Fun, if you can get a ride on it do it.

[@AmericasChoice]

@@avgjoeavglife sounds great. I heard Tri-Motors were on the loud side and had vibration issues, too. But I think they made sense when they were made.

[@avgjoeavglife]

@@AmericasChoice Oh Yeah, It Vibrates.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

Think the biggest card up the German's sleeve was to be confusing. People are always trying to pick apart their tanks, planes etc. Just go to any model club meeting. Quite cold in Winnipeg right now too, not as cold as o'dere eh. Pointing with my lip, it's what we do here.

[@thefencepost]

Hah! Those Rats talked for 9 minutes and said Nothing! What a couple of maroons! You better have Stella explain what the Fokker names mean, those guys are just confusing. ;-)

[@davidjones8680]

"Big news that will affect the Plane Savers team".... I'm sure now wondering what that's gonna be? Anyways, I've really enjoyed this episode, it has lots things to go follow up on. Also some very interesting links in the comments, one in particular which takes you to some amazing film footage of a Fokker Tri Motor flying out to the Dutch East Indies in the 1930s. It never ceases to surprise me what wonderful things this KZbin channel brings to us aeronautical fans. I see the "rats" are still doing what they do best, not sure I could follow all their "aircraft designation type" reasoning though, but it has prompted me to go do some further Fokker research. I hope the extreme cold weather soon eases up a bit for you Yellowknifer's. I never fail to admire how you and all your wonderful planes cope so well with the extreme cold conditions. David Jones Coventry UK.

[@lindsaylittle6535]

Hi Mikey! Can't wait to see what you are up to. (Thought maybe it would be a Christmas party).LOL! Great video! Gotta love that cool weather. Keeps the riff raff away as we say down here.

[@dh1240]

The Bob & Doug McKenzie of aviation explain Fokker. Lol

[@ducku21999]

Definitely not first. I was busy watching bacon Betty

[@davidsquire2107]

Fokker is a Dutch Company. It did start in Germany. 1919 it moved

[@blueboats7530]

Both stories about the fate of the original Friendship are likely true. After all, stripping for parts would probably follow a casualty that would be too costly to repair for a model that's past its prime.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Mikey, your weather is all part of global warming! The Friendship badge lasted a long time, in the 60s we had Fokker Friendships here for short routes.

[@jamesglenn2006]

Great episode Mikey, stay warm everyone. Not sure on the episode # but I liked the episode where you toured Buffalo's DC3'S

[@robertcoltman4029]

The HangerRatz are time wasters.

[@anthindelahunt3955]

Have one in my flight sim.Great fun to fly.

[@jazzukes]

Fokker was from the Nederlands!

[@andermac1]

I think y'all should consider switching over to the Fox Moth as the featured airplane. The number 1 reason is because your dad wants it. Like me ,he is getting old and it would mean a lot to him. You guys have lots of life left to live and the Fokker could be pushed back to season 3. I think you should have a subscriber vote on this issue. God bless you all in the Plane Savers crew! May you have a Merry Christmas 👍

[@hollybridgeman7914]

Now you see, I do actually know quite a bit about Amelia Earhart so to see the replica tri-engine Fokker gave me a buzz, though I've not seen the movie with Hilary Swank. Yet. Thanks Mikey. Look forward to hearing your news!

[@mustralineabsorbine5082]

Junior high school was THE high point of the Ratz. Jeeeeeeezzzzz.....

[@ronpurcell9984]

Good luck in your meeting Mikey.

[@daverobinsonTnT]

Great episode 👌

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

These work horse bush planes are my favorite type of aircraft. They're like the Toyota Land cruiser of planes. They'll go anywhere in the most remote places Piloting these planes gotta be one of the coolest jobs in the world, going to the most remote places, like an explorer or an adventurer

[@dennisharrington6055]

Thanks

[@brushitoff503]

Great video Mikey as always! Do a run down of season one episode 53 ha ha ha!

[@01spm]

The episode about the rubber install would be interesting

[@Victor-oz3zo]

Are there any F50s flying in the NWT?

[@johntripp5159]

Do you have an RCAF Transport command DC3? I have the beginnings but need to see stuff like fin numbers and the curious double lightning bolt in red on aluminum??

[@1SeanBond]

Can't wait! A Fantastic veiw!

[@blueboats7530]

For Commentary I vote for Episode 1-137 "...Earns Wings"

[@bobcorrin5886]

Fun Stuff cool guys!!! and YES it is legal here !!!!.

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

Great video Mikey 👍 In the UK, we don't "polite" the name Fokker like the Ratz did. Of course, the problem the comes with the Fockë -Wolf (Stella will explain the subtle pronounciation difference) and just use Fw .. Didn't get confused, perfectly obvious 🤦‍♂️

[@ad2309]

Yup, a it's a big Fokker, and size matters. Cheers

[@saltleywsc]

Great a friendly Fokker .

[@CuratedPile]

Second. :-( That was a fun take on who's on first.

[@FreedomFighter-cr5xg]

verrry good !!!

[@skykingagi]

Pretty cold!!

[@MikeyMcBryan]

1st Comment

[@peterforden5917]

it was a bad copy of a Sopwith Triplane totally misunderstanding the Tripes purpose, they were all badly made often being found to be completely contaminated with mould and found often with rats sealed into the wings, pilots complained about excessive flexing of the wings during normal flight with a single strut being placed between all the wings as an afterthought , it was obsolete soon after introduction and completely outclasseed in combat by the Sopwith Camel-

[@ducku21999]

I’ll watch this later. Off to play some fokking poker ♦️ ♠️ ♥️

[@ADSC2006]

LOL Don.

[@gmcjetpilot]

Danny global warming...

[@ChrisB257]

Mikey - in case you hadn't seen this - some interesting video showing a Fox Moth - maybe Dad might like it (unless already seen of course!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoiUXqyVa7ahnM0 Oh and, found this one too - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOXoGqGrc2bY5o

[@dancahill8555]

The D. VIII was the E.V

[@paulyoung181]

Late as usual. The Hanger Rats are correct on the naming convention.

[@CaptainKrimson]

almost, four in German is 'Vier', nicht 'Fier'. It would be the V1, but that has a very different association now.....

[@mustang6296]

mikey its barry in south wales uk from paul in wales.

[@705547]

6:45 seems i found a part of my Fokker video from Hahnweide Airshow 🤣😁

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

The empty weight is about the same as a ww2 fighter like a mustang or spitfire.

[@drdoolittle5724]

Twould be interesting what Hangerratz made of sesquiplane, possibly the final 'correct' description for the jobby Mikey's planning to warm-up? Also, you Guys over the pond make life difficult using term 'period' all the time, we invented the flaming language and we haven't moved away from the word dot!!!! Does that mean you say, amazon period com?

[@gordanmilne7034]

Full stop.

[@RichardPflug]

Fokker was a Dutch man. After WW 1 he returned to Holland and continued his work there. The KLM Made his planes famous during the 1930s operating the at that time longest air route in existence, between Amsterdam and Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Djakarta in Indonesia). Thanks to the Fokker planes and skilled crews, they did this with almost clockwork precision. They started with the F.VII. After that the F.XII and F.XVIII. took over until Douglas came along with the DC 2. On my KZbin channel there is a home movie made in 1934 from a KLM flight to Batavia with a Fokker F.XII. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZzNiJ6HidV_e8U

[@victorpalamar8769]

How about a video about your Dad's Norduyn Norseman?

[@jackd4550]

Damn. I wasn’t even close to first !!! Hahaha. Hi Mikey !!!

[@darinmckillop6196]

Remember Ford built a model t before the a

[@minisareus]

Joe's original fox moth

[@ADSC2006]

TGIF Plane Savers Fans~!

[@avgjoeavglife]

Oh Fokk, I have to finish the Last Episode of Ice Pilots after this episode.

[@f.dt.f3965]

them guys are all fokkered up...lololol......

[@richardstoffel6585]

Then you go F27 for modern airliners

[@tony66au]

I dont wanna your Fokker Friendship, I wanna your Fokker HELP! (Sorry, Old joke)

[@lightingcue1]

Meet the Fokkers!

[@xsbuilder1]

What is the temp inside?

[@MikeyMcBryan]

18C

[@TheReal-HeeHaw]

2-34 👍

[@tstaruch5487]

You know, you could start the show indoors... I mean, brrr

[@alexanderdergrosse1989]

oh je Mikey shit cold with you it is much warmer here in Germany Fokker when will it be available?

[@Sockieknowshockey]

The Hangaratz segment was like this.

[@Sockieknowshockey]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYXGg4WXjbtgnMk

[@betty1993]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿First from Wales to comment?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@yjwrangler7819]

More Joe stories!

[@roadman14]

All those Rats needed was a couple of Moosehead Beers!!!! Not Doug and Bob McKenzie but as close to a real facsimile!!!! You can't make this stuff up!!!

[@roadman14]

It's -31 here in shellbrook Saskatchewan this morning Mikey, I feel your pain!! Lol

[@jmkenny]

Hanger rats gave the (who's on 1st) version of a Dr.1 explanation.... Soooooo painful to listen to but some good info buried in there...

[@markfrench8892]

BRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

[@HaywardFamilybuilding]

But who’s on First?

[@markhayes100]

3rd, lol. -37 dear lord, get in the hanger buddy!