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Ralph Savelsberg wrote in message ...
robert arndt wrote: BTW Fokker (also not Focker) never built helicopters and at the time of WW II had moved his business back to The Netherlands. Regards, Ralph Savelsberg Fokker does now as a contributing partner to the NH-90: ww.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/nh90-731.jpg Rob Fokker, as in Anthony Fokker, never built helicopters. The few remnants of his once thriving company, which although it built rather nifty airliners had financial trouble and ultimately went bankrupt sometime in the `ninetees, indeed survive by working as sub-contractors for various projects, including on the NH-90. Saying that Fokker builds Helicopters is like saying Messier-Bugatti builds planes (for those of you who don't know, they do hydraulics for landing gears, for instance). Regards, Ralph Savelsberg On small historical correction Ralph. Anthony Fokker, together with Stork, helped build the Baumhauer helicopter in 1925. It was the Netherlands first helicopter. Rob |
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