First flight for Fokker D.VII reproduction

Paul Ford’s Fokker D.VII reproduction G-FKKR made its debut flight from Duxford on November 21 with Dan Griffith at the controls.

Construction of the World War One fighter – which uses a downrated inverted de Havilland Gipsy Queen 30 engine in place of the type’s original six-cylinder Mercedes D.IIIa – began at Paul’s Jasta Binks Aviation facility at Derby during 2009. Arriving at Duxford on January 19, 2025, it wears the eye-catching lozenge and lilac scheme of Fokker D.VII OAW 4523/18, the personal mount of Lt Rudolf Stark during October 1918.

This welcome addition to the UK airshow scene is expected to appear at 2026 events alongside Paul’s Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker reproduction.