The aim of the Second Fighter Contest, convened at the Adlershof German aircraft test centre during May and June 1918, was to choose new airplanes for the Kaiser’s air forces. Unquestioned winner of the rotary engine-powered category was the Fokker E.V streamlined monoplane with innovative plywood-covered wing. It was the logical development of the long … Continue reading Fokker’s Razor – E.V/D.VIII