Fokker DVII

24 October 2003, 11:47 PM

Something of interest to some of you.

In a letter to the 12/03 issue of Flight Journal, There are photos of the Fokker DVII at:

www.fokkerd7.com or www.fokker-d7.com.

Ross_Moorhouse · 24 October 2003, 11:56 PM

;D Good find mate.

PeterL · 25 October 2003, 01:56 AM

It's a slow loader (most of the text being full scans that's to be expected) but worth the wait for all those detail pics at the end. The replica builders down the hall will love this one. Has anyone told them?

28 October 2003, 08:57 PM

;D

Craig · 29 October 2003, 04:27 AM

Watch them toes.....but I have to ask: why go through all that time, expense, and trouble, such attention to accuracy and detail, and then paint the machine in such spurious colors? It looks really cool that way, but I don't understand the split between the two (engineering accuracy and aesthetic fancifulness).

Dave_Watts · 29 October 2003, 05:37 PM

Hi Craig,

I think you have to remember the time period when Ed built his D.VII, it was 1969 and I don't believe the attention to ultimate detail was there nor was this his goal. Look at the instrument panel and you will quickly see this was built to look like a D.7, but "modernized" a bit for safety and convienence.

He's obviously painted it as he felt MvR would have painted a D.7 if he had received one.

This plane was built in the period of the first serious builders and researchers such as Joe Haski, Dr. Stanley Morel, Dick Enos, Charles Cash, Julius Head, to name a few and I apologize for any I didn't mention. Often times these are the forgotten folks that laid down a lot of early research which we've built upon.

Best,
Dave W.

Craig · 30 October 2003, 05:32 AM

Thanks, Dave, for the context. I didn't read anything on the site, just looked at the pictures. Much like I might've done in 1969!

Dick Enos? I know a Dick Enos, and there can't be too namy of them. He's the second husband of my brother's mother-in-law. But, I know nothing of his involvement in building airplanes, though he did witness the Pearl Harbor attack as a lad.

Must be a different Dick Enos.

30 October 2003, 03:08 PM

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Dick Enos? I know a Dick Enos, and there can't be too namy of them. He's the second husband of my brother's mother-in-law. But, I know nothing of his involvement in building airplanes, though he did witness the Pearl Harbor attack as a lad.

Must be a different Dick Enos.

Dick Enos, the D-VII builder of Santa Maria, CA., is married to a woman named Fran.

Right mother-in-law?

Neil Good