Fokker Dr.I

what is it?

The Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker, "triplane" in German), often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 17 victories (plus two earlier ones in the Fokker F.I prototype in September 1917), and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · triplane · 7.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• range 300 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 586 kgmax take-off weight
• built 320made 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 109 years ago, in 1917.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1917-07-05

number built

320

role

fighter

origin

German Empire

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Oberursel Ur.II

crew

1

passengers

1

length

5.8 m

wingspan

7.2 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

586 kg

top speed

180 km/h

range

300 km

ceiling

6,100 m

wings

triplane

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