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Jhieminga
25th May 2022, 07:34
Fokker D.XXI reproduction '229', built over a period of many years by Jack van Egmond and his family, has made its first flight yesterday. Some photos here: https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/f ... rst-flight (https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/fokker-d-xxi-first-flight)

Although a reproduction, the aircraft uses several original D.XXI parts and is powered by a Wright R-1820 that was part of a batch of ten engines bought by the Dutch Government in 1939 as spares for a D.XXI re-engining project (the D.XXI originally used a Bristol Mercury). Because of WWII that never happened and this particular engine is now finally part of a D.XXI, after leaving the factory it only has a 2.5 hour test run logged.
https://www.scramble.nl/images/news/2022/may/Warbirds_DXXI_3.jpg
Photo: Van Egmond Vintage Wings.
treadigraph
25th May 2022, 08:17
That's a lovely recreation! Hope perhaps we'll get to see her at Flying Legends in a year or two...
VictorGolf
25th May 2022, 17:17
Perhaps we'll see a "Flying Legends" in a year or two. No signs at the moment I fear.
rixt
25th May 2022, 20:08
and is powered by a Wright R-1820 that was part of a batch of ten engines bought by the Dutch Government in 1939 as spares for a D.XXI re-engining project (the D.XXI originally used a Bristol Mercury).
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This Wright engines were purchased by the Dutch for the Do 24 aircraft, not for a re-engine program of the D.XXI. Wonderful to see a D.XXI in the air again!
Jhieminga
26th May 2022, 08:10
Apologies, I may have misunderstood the original plans for the engine(s). It is a Wright Cyclone GR-1820-F52 according to their own website, sourced from the National Military Museum.

Edit: The builders themselves explained during an open day a while ago that this batch of engines was originally purchased to act as spares for the D.XXIs. I cannot verify that myself.
Jhieminga
26th May 2022, 14:48
Video here (if Facebook wants to play along): Click for Facebook video

Looks like the link to the video doesn't want to work, see the project's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/FlyingFokkerD21/) (if this works).