Re: QUERY: von Raben's Dr.1 (...

Don Rinker (Rinker)drinker@fast.net)
Wed, 21 Jun 95 23:17 EDT

>>They were remodeled V4 preproduction prototypes!

>According to my sources the three Fokker V.5 protypes c/n 1697,
>1729, and 1730 were accepted by the German Air Force and given the
>standard designation "F.1". So, Fokker V.5 = Fokker F.1

PLease quote your sources ...I think myself, Pete Grosz, Alex Imrie
and Ray Rimell might disagree.......
:-)

>And, while I suppose it's fair to say that the V.5/F.1's were
>just a modified Fokker V.4, there are at least as many differences
>between the V.5/F.1's and the V.4 as there are between the V.5/F.1's
>and the Dr.I.

What differences???

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