On this day in aviation history, 89 years ago-March 27, 1936-the first flight of the Fokker D.XXI took place. Designed in 1935 to meet a request from the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air ...

When the Fokker D.XXI first flew in 1936, it was already behind the times. With a fixed undercarriage and a mixed construction of metal tubing, wood, and Bakelite wings, it appeared outdated next ...