| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC1547 |
| Alternate Registration: | C1547 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker Universal (Model 4) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker Universal (Model 4) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker Universal |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 418 |
| Aircraft Name: | The Splitdorf |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Garden City - Roosevelt Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 1927 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 304821 |
| Photo Comment |
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With this Fokker Universal, Bert Acosta and Emile Burgin intended to retake the world endurance record which Clarence Chamberlin and Acosta had held briefly earlier in 1927. The attempt either did not happen or failed. The Splitdorf was reported wanted by the sheriff of Bergen County, New Jersey, in early 1928, and Connecticut suspended 'bad boy' B B Acosta's pilot licence, allegedly for trying to fly under a bridge. Photo from: Dan Shumaker collection This photo was added on 27 November 2020, and has since been viewed 763 times. |