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OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker - 7/25/2014 8:58:10 PM

Wolfe1759

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Built by a chap in Sussex and can take off from his back garden.

http://home.bt.com/news/oddnews/pilot-builds-ww1-plane-replica-video-11363922318000

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RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker - 7/25/2014 9:39:59 PM

kirk23

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Thanks for posting this very interesting video cheers!

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RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker - 7/25/2014 10:08:24 PM

Wolfe1759

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I think the

go to Mr Clark and

to his very understanding wife Esther

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RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker - 7/25/2014 10:21:28 PM

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That is definitely amazing. Is it smaller than the real Eindeckers or were they really that small. I thought they might be longer. Either way, that is an amazing feat to engineer it and make it work, if you ask me.

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RE: OT: DIY Fokker Eindecker - 7/26/2014 9:13:27 PM

Tomokatu

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Nope that's what it was.

I had always heard that flying those early aircraft was like balancing a unicycle on a fence post while patting your head, rubbing your stomach and eating a sandwich, but he made it look so easy and smooth.

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