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KLM Miniature 98 - Anthony Fokker’s Family Home

Name: KLM Miniature 98 - Anthony Fokker’s Family Home
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SKU: miniature-98
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KLM House No. 98 is a miniature of aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker’s family home at Kleine Houtweg 65 in Haarlem. Believed to date from 1791, the house played an important role in the early life of one of the Netherlands’ most famous aircraft manufacturers.

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KLM House No. 98 is a miniature of the family home of aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker at Kleine Houtweg 65 in Haarlem. When the Fokker family lived here, the house was numbered 41.

Anthony Fokker’s family home

The semi-detached townhouse is believed to date from 1791. Anthony Fokker grew up here after his family returned to the Netherlands from the Dutch East Indies.

The front room and attic on the second floor became young Anthony’s domain. From the dormer window he looked out over the nearby park, while using the attic as a place for his technical ideas and experiments.

From young inventor to aircraft manufacturer

Anthony Fokker was not known for being an enthusiastic school pupil, but from an early age he showed a strong interest in mechanics and technology. He built model trains, a canoe and various model aircraft.

With his early aircraft models, Fokker experimented with weight distribution to improve their balance and flying distance. He tested some of these self-built models from the attic of his family home.

Fokker later became one of the most important aircraft manufacturers of his era. By the late 1920s, his company had grown into one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, with factories in both the Netherlands and the United States.

KLM and Fokker

The selection of Anthony Fokker’s family home as KLM House No. 98 had a special significance. In 2017, KLM retired its final Fokker 70 aircraft, marking the end of Fokker aircraft in the KLM fleet.

This also brought an historic relationship between KLM and Fokker, spanning almost a century, to a close. House No. 98 therefore represents not only Anthony Fokker himself, but also an important chapter in Dutch aviation history.