... charge of navigation and radio for Amelia Earhart on her first attempt to fly round the world at the Equator. After the first leg of the flight there were so many delays that he had to rejoin his ship. Amelia Earhart lost her life at the second attempt ...

... Then there were the pioneer planes of civil aviation in the 19205. Admiral Byrd's flight over the North Pole in 1926 and Amelia Earhart's historic Atlantic crossing two years later were both achieved with Fokker planes. World War II left Fokkers main factory ...