Atlantic Aircraft was a US subsidiary of the Dutch Fokker Company, responsible for sales and information about Fokker imports, and eventually constructing various Fokker designs.[1]
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History
It was established at Hasbrouk Heights, Teterboro, New Jersey in May 1924 by Anthony Fokker as the Netherlands Aircraft Manufacturing Company of America. Fokker draftsman Robert B.C. Noorduyn was sent out from the Netherlands to manage it. Initially, the company imported Fokker aircraft or locally built Fokker designs, but in 1925 also began to manufacture one of Noorduyn's own designs, the Fokker Universal. The company was reorganised on 16 September 1925 as the Atlantic Aircraft Corporation adding a factory at Passaic, New Jersey in 1927, and another at Glen Dale, West Virginia in August 1928.[2] Although the company changed its name to Fokker Aircraft Company of America in 1926, many of its products continued to be referred to as "Atlantic" or "Atlantic Fokker" for some years. Fokker Aircraft Company of America became a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation which acquired a 40 percent holding in May 1929, but ended operations the following year as a combination of the effect of the Great Depression and bad publicity surrounding the crash of a Fokker F.10 that killed celebrated football coach Knute Rockne (TWA Flight 599).[3] Fokker ended his association with the American company in 1931. GMC renamed their aviation subsidiary General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, which in turn became part of North American Aviation, Inc in 1934.[1]
Aircraft Types
- Atlantic Model 1
- Fokker DH-4M-2
- Atlantic Model 2
- Fokker S-3
- Atlantic Model 3
- Fokker AO-1, Fokker CO-4 Mail, Fokker C-4
- Atlantic Model 4
- Fokker Universal
- Atlantic Model 5
- Fokker XLB-2
- Atlantic Model 6
- Fokker F.VII, Fokker F-7
- Atlantic Model 7
- Fokker C-2 Civil Version
- Atlantic XHB-2
- design only, never built
References
- ^ a b "The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes their Designers and Manufacturers" ed. Dana Bell, Greenhill Books Ltd. London ISBN 1853674907, 2002, page 88
- ^ "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft" Edited by David Mondey, revised and updated by Michael Taylor (Greenwhich Editions 10 Blenheim Cort, Brewery RD. London N7 9NT ISBN 0862882680), 2000, page 111
- ^ "World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers" by Bill Gunston, Naval Institute Press Annapolis, MD, ISBN 0750939818, 2006, page 31
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