foundation for what we know today as fighter jets. The Fokker Eindecker “revolutionized air combat by successfully employing a synchronized forward -firing machine gun mounted on the engine cowling”2. Because this airplane became the first to successfully use a synchronized machine gun, it allowed its pilots to become the first aerial combat tactitions3. Anthony Fokker was the creator of the Eindecker series and many other aircrafts after. Fokker was a Dutchman who originally looked to learn how to
Fokker has a long history in aviation, starting in 1910 when Anthony Fokker built and flew the first Dutch-built plane to fly in the Netherlands. This plane was called, “the Spin (Spider)” which was the base for many more aircraft. In 1911 Anthony gained fame in the Netherlands, by flying the Spin around the tower of the St-.Bavokerk in Haarlem. Anthony saw a brighter future in Germany and decided to set up his first factory near Berlin. He started out by building a number of versions of “the Spin“
Weapons of World War I and World War II Have you ever thought about the advances of war technologies between World War I and World War II? There are many big differences including the atomic bomb and the strategies used. Some of the major differences in technology and strategies are infantry, aviation, biological, and naval warfare. One of the big differences in World War I and World War II is the infantry. In World War I troops in the infantry were outfitted with many things. It cost a total of