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    Airframe Family: Fokker D.VIII
    Latest Model:D.VIII (replica)
    Construction Number:545/18
    Last Civil Registration:N7557U
    Compressed ID:Fokker D.VIII (replica) cn 545/18 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a D.VIII (replica).
    This reproduction aircraft was built during the 1960s by E. O. Swearingen of Worth, Illinois. Swearingen reviewed the surviving aircraft in Italy and later corresponded with Platz in order to authenticate the accuracy of his work.

    Circa 1966

    To E. O. Swearingen, Worth, IL with new c/r N7557U.
    Operated with markings: 545/18
    Flown for sport. by Swearingen.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Lewis University Airport, Romeoville, IL

    10 March 1980

    To Doug Champlin/Windward Aviation Inc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N7557U.

    6 November 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7557U (D-VIII, 545/18) issued.

    By 1991

    Placed on display with Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By June 2004

    Placed on display with Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
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    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7557U (D-VIII, 545/18) issued.

    2012

    Still equipped with the Warner radial engine that Swearingen used. Plans exist to someday re-equip the D.VIII with an authentic Oberursel rotary engine.

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Museum of Flight in Seattle

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Museum of Flight in Seattle

    8 May 2013

    Civil registration, N7557U, cancelled.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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