Fokker DC.I

what is it?

The Fokker DC.I was an aircraft produced in the Netherlands in the early 1920s to fulfill a role of combined fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. The company designation chosen by Fokker, "DC" reflected this, with "D" being the Idflieg designation for a fighter during World War I, and "C" being an armed reconnaissance aircraft. The DC.I was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered, unequal-span wings braced by N-struts and was derived from the Fokker C.IV design.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 11.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 245 km/htop speed
• size 1,830 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 103 years ago, in 1923.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1923

number built

10

role

fighter and reconnaissance aircraft

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Napier Lion

length

8.9 m

wingspan

11.8 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

1,830 kg

top speed

245 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.