De Spin-varianten

Spin Variants

The Spin variants

Flying from Berlin to Soesterberg
On May 13, 1913, Fokker made employees Bernard de Waal and Franz Küntner a long-haul flight from Berlin to Soesterberg to interest the Dutch military authorities in Fokker products.
After a number of stopovers for fuel, oil, food and some delay, the aircraft, a 2nd Spin variant 1913, arrived in Soesterberg after a total time of approximately 26 hours.

1st Spin variant 1912
2nd Spin variant 1912
1st Spin variant 1913
2nd Spin variant 1913 (M-1)
3rd Spin variant 1913

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A 1st Spin variant 1912 with two seats and an eight cylinder Renault engine.
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Two Spiders, 2nd Spin variant 1912 in front of the hangar in Johannistahl on 11-08-1912.
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2nd Spin variant 1912, with a large radiator on the left front.
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Pilot (3rd from left) Baroness Leitner, in front of her crashed 2nd Spin variant 1912.
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Sergeant Hans Eberhard in a 1st Spin variant 1912, with an additional fuel tank mounted under the fuselage.
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Mechanics at a wingless 1st Spin variant 1913.
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2nd Spin variant 1913 with twin wheels for the landing gear.
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Bernard de Waal in the rear seat of this 2nd Spin variant 1913, with one of the first forms of communication in a cockpit: one hose with a speaking section and the other with a listening section.
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De Waal and Kuntner in a Spin.
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08.2

On the left Franz Küntner who is studying here with Bernard De Waal.
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08.3

Arrival of a flight with Franz Küntner on the left and Bernard De Waal who takes off his helmet. This must be in the Netherlands given the Royal Marechaussee uniform of the man on the left and his hands in his pockets.
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08.4

Nijmegen or Soesterberg so the rally Berlin -Soesterberg. Given the hangar this should rather be Soesterberg. Franz Küntner on the left and Bernard De Waal on the right.
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Küntner and de Waal in their 2nd Spin variant 1913 of the long-distance flight Berlin-Soesterberg.
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Bernard de Waal (1) and Franz Küntner (2) made a landing at Hengelo during their flight with a 2nd Spin variant 1913 from Berlin to Soesterberg in 1913.
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10.1

With this Spin Bernard De Waal and Franz Kuntner made a giant tour from Berlin to Soesterberg airport. Another photo of the arrival just outside Hengelo. Bernard de Waal is in the middle and pilot Franz Kuntner on the right. The man on the left seems to us to be the organizer, who changed costumes in the meantime. Furthermore, many spectators and even a kind of goat with its butt turned to the photographer.
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Once again a photo of Franz Küntner and Bernard de Waal, this time signed by the duo.
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De Waal and Küntner during the landing on Soesterberg from Berlin in their 2nd Spin variant 1913.
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11.1

Bernad de Waal and . . . ? Bernad is in fourth place from the right. He was a pilot and instructor during the German Fokker period.
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12

Russian aviator Ljuba Galanschikof with a 2nd Spin variant 1913.
Ljuba Galantchikoff
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Beautiful sepia print of the 2nd 1913 Spin Variant. Easily recognizable by the exhausts and the radiator, both on the right side. On the rear seat sits the Russian aviator Ljuba Galanschikof.
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July 1912. A Spin variant during a demonstration in Russia. The location was the town of Nõmme in Estonia, which was then part of the Russian Empire. On the left Hans Schmidt (mechanic), on the right Jan Hilgers (pilot).
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Sunday 2 March 1913. A Spin variant crashed in a swamp in Semarang, Dutch East Indies. Jan Hilgers (pilot) and Mr. Spijkman (passenger) came out of it well. The Spin did not.
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This 2nd Spin variant 1913 (M-1) was one of the first Spiders to have a construction number and a military registration, cn 15, Reg. A.38-13.
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There is little left of the original Spin model in this 3rd Spin variant 1913 with a 70 hp Renault engine.
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Bernard de Waal in a two-seater 1st Spin variant 1913.
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Fokker flying school in Görries with a 2nd Spin variant 1913 (M-1) in 1913, Fokker sitting left-front with the future pilots.
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Shortly before departure with on the left the German Franz Küntner and on the right the Dutchman Bernard De Waal. Both also flew many times in Spiders, if only to test the many modified Variants.
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Anthony Fokker steps out of the Spin in 1912.
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22

Front view of one of the variants.
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View of the right side with the protection of the two fairings. This would already be one of the first M aircraft. The MI stood for Military.
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Left view of that MI
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De Waal in a Fokker with meter and mascot. 1st cockpit with strange device?
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B. de Waal on a Fokker
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Bernard De Waal in a competitor of the Spin, the Sturmvogel by Goedecker in Johannisthal east of Berlin.
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Postcard dated May 9, 1912 with the signature of Anthony Fokker. Fokker himself is sitting in the rear cockpit, but who is sitting in the front? He or she?
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The text on the back of the previous photo. Fokker sent this card to the family in Haarlem. Ton sent this card home in 1912. "flew with 3 pass" and 45 Ko ballast with 100 PS Mil. machine Fokker in rear cockpit. Already a reference from Fokker to start seriously with the M planes.
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