| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | PH-WEY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker Spin |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker Spin |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker Spin III |
| C/n (msn): | 4464 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | LelystadMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHLE IATA: LEY Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Aviodrome |
| Photo Date: | 11 April 2018 |
| Photo by: | Peter de Jong |
| Photo ID: | 56702 |
| Photo Comment |
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Tony Fokker famously flew his Spin (Spider) over his home town of Haarlem on 31 August 1911. This aircraft is an original 1913 Spin, brought to Holland when Fokker moved his business here and restored in 1925 when it was given c/n 4464. The Germans took it to the Berlin aviation museum during WWII and then stored it in a safe place in Poland from where it was returned to Holland in the 1980s. It apparently made a few hops in the early 1990s. This is not the replica built by Fokker in the 1930s. This photo is copyright © Peter de Jong, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 April 2018, and has since been viewed 172 times. |