PILOT SPIN
Pilot Zone => Pilot Zone => Topic started by: PeterNSteinmetz on September 27, 2021, 06:08:49 PM
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A brief history -
https://simpleflying.com/fokker-history/
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I like the little fokkers, but they did have some big fokkers.
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An old Irish World War II Spitfire pilot and flying ACE, was speaking in a church and reminiscing about his war experiences. “In 1942,” he said, “the situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I remember,” he continued, “one day I was protecting the bombers and suddenly, out of the clouds, these Fokkers appeared.”
There were a few gasps from the parishioners, and several of the children began to giggle. “I looked up, and realized that two of the Fokkers were directly above me. I aimed at the first one and shot him down. By then, though, the other Fokker was right on my tail.”
At this point, several of the elderly ladies of the church were blushing with embarrassment, the girls were all giggling and the boys laughing loudly.
The pastor finally stood up and said, “I think I should point out that ‘Fokker’ was the name of a German-Dutch aircraft company, who made many of the planes used by the Germans during the war.”
“Yes, that’s true,” said the old pilot, “but these fokkers were flying Messerschmitts.”
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Interesting stuff. I had no idea he was Dutch. The F-27s were a nice regional commuter aircraft.
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I had many miles riding in the F100 RJs back in the day. Anyone remember hearing the ice balls that would form above overheads? On every climb or decent it sounded like hundreds of marbles up there rolling along. Strange Fokking plane.