After almost two years we\u2019ve got back in stock a model kit of the Fokker E.V\/D.VIII – a German fighter from the Great War period, which also went down in the history of Polish aviation.<\/p>\n
The Fokker E.V is a fighter from the factory of Antony Fokker, a Dutch industrialist known for its innovativeness, who worked during World War I for the Germans. Fokker introduced such groundbreaking designs as the E.III – the world\u2019s first “real” fighter, armed with a forward-firing synchronized machine gun; triplane Dr.I, flown by the “Red Baron” Manfred von Richthofen, and probably the finest fighter of the Great War, the Fokker D.VII. Although the E.V had excellent performance and was cheap to produce, it did not manage to play a major role in the Great War – it was haunted by production defects resulting from the difficult economic situation in Germany during the last months of the war. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful plane and was respected by its opponents, who called it a “Fokker\u2019s Razor.”<\/p>\n