Span: 15.7" Length: 12.6"

Price:  $249.95

Fokker DR1 Model Aircraft: Crafted with Care and Precision

Our Dr1 Red Baron model airplane exhibits unmatched, unequaled quality and intricate design to achieve exactness and accuracy of the actual model. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base stand which comes in different colors of your choice and a polished chrome steel support mounting rod or avail our variable pitch wall mount accessory.

Our Dr1 Red Baron model airplane is made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our craftsmen and artisans ensure finely handcrafted model airplanes with precise blueprint details of the original airplane. The Red Baron Fokker Dr1 model plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are extremely complete, reflecting the original plane. This top-quality Dr1 Red Baron model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This Red Baron Fokker Dr1 model plane is definitely the ideal gift to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the actual plane.

Fokker Dr.1 Red Baron History:

The Fokker triplane is among the best known of the WW I German fighters. It was while flying the triplane that the top-scoring fighter pilot of the War, Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Barron") met his death.

In August 1917, the first made Fokker aircrafts were brought to Jagdgeschwader I. It was led by Manfred Von Richtonfen. He destroyed a British R.E. 8 in September 1, 1917 when he made his first kill.

Werner Voss took off a Fokker and met the SE5a's in one of the famous fights during World War I. He fought five British aces all alone. In McCudden's Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps, he told that Voss fiercely kept them at the bay and destroyed their planes. But because of their numbers, Voss's aircraft had a break on its tail.

In October 30, a German pilot died because the upper wing of the aircraft broke off. The same thing happened after that. These accidents were the reason why the aircraft was suspended. They checked and examined the aircraft and they found out that the aileron attachment points and glue joints were the cause of the accidents. Within a month, the aircraft returned to service.

Another problem that they found out was the Fokker is slower than other fighter aircrafts and it is difficult to handle. Engine failures also occurred in 1918.