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what is it?
The Fokker E.I was the first fighter aircraft to enter service with the Fliegertruppe of the Deutsches Heer in World War I. Its arrival at the front in mid-1915 marked the start of a period known as the "Fokker Scourge" during which the E.I and its successors achieved a measure of air superiority over the Western Front.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 m wingspan
base stats
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1915
- introduced
- 1915
- number built
- 54
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 1× Motorenfabrik Oberursel U.0
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 8.9 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 563 kg
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- cruise speed
- 110 km/h
- range
- 198 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2658495, Wikipedia: Fokker E.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.