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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: No.1 on May 10, 2008, 04:45:42 PM

Title: Fokker G.1
Post by: No.1 on May 10, 2008, 04:45:42 PM

Lets talk about this nice Dutch project  :-ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9xv94guCw0

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: No.1 on May 10, 2008, 04:50:54 PM

Some more links:

http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?url=/uk_weap002.html

http://forums.wildbillguarnere.com/index.php?showtopic=4035

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_G.I

http://www.fokkerg-1.nl/

http://www.k-silmailumuseo.fi/?action=arkisto&RYHMA=20&ID=

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=Fokker%20G-1&distinct_entry=true

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: Letipapa on May 11, 2008, 10:00:02 AM

What an aircraft!. When I saw it, I thought it was after, or at the end of WWII. For 1936 it is much ahead of it's time, I would dare to say. Am I wrong? :-think

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: mfg495 on May 11, 2008, 10:59:29 AM

Some great links and information.  :-ok

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: pbhawkin on May 12, 2008, 08:29:07 AM

Hi all,
 I have just built a 1/144 scale version of this plane and will post some pictures later tonight.

Peter H
Australia

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: No.1 on May 12, 2008, 10:27:53 AM

This would be great Peter!!!

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: pbhawkin on May 12, 2008, 10:37:38 AM

My little 'Reaper'!

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: Letipapa on May 12, 2008, 10:30:19 PM

Yes! Peter :-tri But, what I see there, You are going to build another one! :-think :-ok

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: Leo on June 03, 2008, 09:33:21 PM

 :-wise
I wonder if the G1 had any influence on either the FW 189 or the Lockheed P38?  I tcertainly was an interesing design.  Did any faall into German hands and used by them?

Title: Re: Fokker G.1
Post by: pbhawkin on June 04, 2008, 03:44:16 AM

Leo,
Hi.
I think the Fokker G-1 was debut at the Paris air show in 1936 and predates the Fw189 and P-38. I do not know if they were influenced by it's design?
Certainly the Germans captured a number of G-1s in Holland in May 1940 and flew them in their evaluation units. I am unaware of any German G-1 being used in any form of operational activities.
Unfortunetly for the Fokker G-1 (and the Dutch) the war came about 6 months too early and the 30 or so G-1 that had been built were not even armed at the start of the war although a number were (in a few days only) and did succeed in shooting down a number of German aircraft.
A G-1 escaped to Britain after the Germans had over run Holland and it managed to evade the escort me-109 that it had whilst it was being test flown by 2 Dutch pilots.
As usual the story leads to a great 'what if?'. What if there were 30 armed G-1s at the start of the war? What if Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland had managed to buy them them as they had planned on doing?

Peter