The Fokker DC.I was an aircraft produced in the Netherlands in the early 1920s to fulfill a role of combined fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. The company designation chosen by Fokker, "DC" reflected this, with "D" being the '' Idflieg'' designation for a fighter during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, and "C" being an armed reconnaissance aircraft. The DC.I was a conventional

single-bay A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a ...

biplane with staggered, unequal-span wings braced by N-struts and was derived from the

Fokker C.IV The Fokker C.IV was a 1920s Dutch two-seat reconnaissance aircraft designed and built by Fokker. Design and development The C.IV was developed from the earlier C.I but it was a larger and more robust aircraft. The C.IV was designed as a recon ...

design. The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the undercarriage was of fixed, tailskid configuration, with the main units linked by a cross-axle. The wings were of wooden construction, and the fuselage was of welded steel tube covered in fabric. Ten DC.Is were ordered by the Dutch East Indies Army Air Service, which flew them from 1925 to 1934.

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* * {{Fokker aircraft Aircraft of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1920s Dutch fighter aircraft 1920s Dutch military reconnaissance aircraft DC.I Biplanes Aircraft first flown in 1923