Word: fokker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cotton-cloth covering. When Lilienthal died near the turn of the century, his last words were reported to be: "Sacrifices must be made." In the museum's military aviation exhibits, that sense of sacrifice is pervasive, if in a different context. The most durable warplanes are there: the Fokker, Spad XVI (Billy Mitchell's own), P-40E, B26, Spitfire, German Messerschmitt and Italian Macchi MC-202. So is the old workhorse of World War II-and beyond-the DC-3. Said one former combat pilot, standing before a full-scale diorama of aerial combat with...
...Netherlands, the government publicly identified Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana, as the "high Dutch official" to whom Lockheed had admitted funneling a total of $1.1 million between 1961 and 1972. The prince, who is a director of Fokker Aircraft Co. and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, denied having received any Lockheed bribes; the Dutch Cabinet hastily appointed a special commission to investigate. Should the charges against Bernhard be proved true, his wife may be forced to abdicate as Queen?rocking the Dutch nation, where the monarchy is extremely popular...
After the war, the by now tremendously popular "fighting prince" transformed himself into an immensely useful "salesman prince." He joined the boards of several companies, including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Hoogovens Steel and Fokker Aircraft, and began a new career as globetrotting good-will ambassador and ardent promoter of Dutch exports. Former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek called him "the best commercial traveler I've ever met-and in Brazil we meet them...
Ironically, the slump in the U.S. jetliner business seems to have spurred old competitors to new heights. By far the most noteworthy planes of 1975-the Concorde supersonic transport, the mediumrange, twin-engined Airbus A300B and the short-range Fokker VFW-614-were built by European consortiums. None of these craft pose an immediate threat to U.S. pre-eminence in the world market. But the European planes are of such quality that U.S. manufacturers now must watch not only one another but foreigners determined to open new horizons of excitement and speed in air travel...
...planemakers could not produce it as quickly as passengers need it. With domestic air runs already booked to overflowing, the government made a command decision to seek a foreign partner. A study mission headed by astute Hidemasa Kimura, an aeronautics professor, visited five manufacturers: The Netherlands' Fokker, British Aircraft Corp., Lockheed, McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing...