Air Pictorial 1958-10
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P.Bowers - The Southern Cross
The two Fokkers of the Wilkins expedition in the Peterborough factory - the single-engine model in the foreground and the uncovered fuselage of the trimotor as received from Holland in the background.
The Fokker Trimotor F-VII during the ceremony in which it was christened "Detroiter". Note conspicuous application of "Fokker".