Fokker V.22

The Fokker V.22 was a prototype fighter aircraft built by the Dutch company Fokker in the closing months of World War I. Designed as a development of the earlier V.21, the V.22 featured a strengthened fuselage, a more powerful 185‑horsepower Oberursel rotary engine and a revised wing layout with a slight sweep that improved maneuverability at high speed. First flown in early 1918, the aircraft demonstrated excellent climb performance and a top speed of approximately 210 km/h, rivaling contemporary German fighters such as the Albatros D.Va. Although only a single example was completed, the V.22 served as a testbed for aerodynamic concepts that would later appear in the successful Fokker D.VII, which entered mass production in 1918 and became one of the war’s most respected fighters. The V.22’s contribution lies in its role as a transitional design, refining structural simplicity and control harmony that characterized Fokker’s later models. Its brief operational history underscores the rapid pace of aircraft innovation during the late war period, and it remains a notable footnote in the evolution of fighter design that helped shape post‑war aviation standards.

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