The DUTCH JUMBO

Western Air Express F32 NC333N, the third example built, being readied for flight at Alhambra Airport, California. It has two-bladed propellers on its front and rear engines. ALL PHOTOS JOOP WENSTEDT COLLECTION It is often forgotten that, in the 1920s and ’30s, Dutch manufacturer Fokker designed and produced aircraft for the American market at Teterboro, New Jersey. There it created the first true ‘jumbo’ landplane, the Fokker F32 The F32 came about thanks to two of the major US airline