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"G-FOKK - It's The Red Baron!"
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About Our Fokker DrI Replica "G-FOKK - It's The Red Baron!" |
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We recognise that your aircraft is much more to you than a means of transportation, and as such requires a friendly, dedicated, professional team who will get to know you, and your aircraft, and then do their utmost to ensure that you both remain in good health, and enjoy many happy hours of flying together.
Don't have an aircraft, but want to build one? Use the services of our Replica Construction Consultancy and we will help you to make your dreams come true!
In addition to owning and operating G-FOKK, we offer a full range of aircraft construction, maintenance and repair services using approved traditional methods and materials.
Our recently completed Fokker DrI is a testament to the quality of our workmanship, and we invite prospective customers to come along and meet us and see G-FOKK for themselves. We can also provide details of other projects and references from satisfied customers.
All work is carried out to our own exacting standards, and then fully inspected to ensure it complies with the appropriate regulatory requirements.
Services we can provide include:-
Restoration of Vintage and Historic Aircraft - including research to ensure historical accuracy, and the sourcing of appropriate materials.
Aircraft Construction Projects - if your project is going a bit slower than anticipated, why not let us assist and thus "kick-start" the project back into life.
Woodworking - e.g., rib construction, spar construction, wing building and rebuilding, wood repairs, etc...
Metalworking - e.g., fuselage construction and repair, welding, tank repairs, etc...
Fabric covering and recovering - full aircraft covering or repair of wings, panels, etc...
Aircraft painting - full aircraft or smaller components
Leatherwork - recovering of seats, custom sized flying helmets, etc...
Fur - new fur collars carefully applied to your beloved old flying jacket, etc....
Component, Material and Spares Sourcing - struggling to find a particular component, spare part or appropriate material to complete your task, why not let us find it for you?
Servicing and Maintenance - contact us now for details.
On Site Services - for some jobs it may be more convenient, and cost effective, for us to come to you - call us on the number below to discuss the most appropriate solution for you.
If you would like to know more about the range of services that Jasta Binks Aviation can offer, please contact us on the link below, or telephone us on 07703 649582.
Our Fokker DrI is a painstakingly researched replica of (one) of Baron Manfred von Richthofen's all red Triplanes.
We chose to replicate Fokker Dreidecker Serial Number 477/17, Works Number 2103 - we believe that this was his reserve aircraft.
Over the coming months our intention is to publish a comprehensive website, for now please note that it is a work in progress.
Our replica is available for Air displays, Public Appearances and Films. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please email us for further information.
G-FOKK is available for Air displays, Public Appearances and Films. Sponsorship opportunities are also still available. Please email us for further information.
Until the links are in place, can we please ask you to use the scroll bar. Apologies for any inconvenience.
If you don't like scrolling, or clicking on the few links that we have, or simply want to ask us a question, please send us an email.
There are now many ways to donate to The Royal British Legion - online, by text, on facebook, etc. Please visit the following link to find out more
Please buy and wear your Poppy with great pride, and help ex-servicemen. Another organisation that exists to help ex-servicement is Help for Heroes We strongly recommend that you visit their website. We were delighted to be invited to fly at a private airshow in aid of this charity. More details can be found below, and photo's will follow soon.
We have compiled a list of flights that have taken place to date. These are detailed below. We hope you find them of interest. More pictures will be added as soon as possible.
G-FOKK made her maiden test flight on 26th April 2008 at Sywell Aerodrome, piloted by Matthew Boddington. Although the test flights were intended to be private, this turned out to be one of the worst kept secrets in Sywell, and a reasonable sized crowd was waiting on the ground when Matthew landed.
On Saturday 26th July 2008, having received CAA Approval 2 days previously, G-FOKK made her first 'official' public appearance at Sywell Aerodrome. The occasion was a Memorial Flypast with an SE5, to pay tribute to the British Flying Ace Major Edward Corringham, 'Mick' Mannock DSO** MC*.
Matthew Boddington displayed G-FOKK at the Sywell Show.
We had a super day, selling G-FOKK "Red Baron" merchandise from a stand at the show. The Fokking Lovely T-Shirts, were a great success and will be available from the website soon, along with Models, Pictures, Magnets, etc.
For a review and many pictures of the airshow why not visit the UK Airshow Review HERE.
To view pictures taken by members of the public Click HERE.
The Daleks were a huge success, and are hoping to have an even bigger "Invasion Force" for the next show in 2010, including our own Jasta Binks Dalek, currently under construction. For more information on their activities please visit their website at
Project Dalek
and prepare to be exterminated...!
The Little Gransden Show is an annual event in aid of Children in Need.
Due to exceptionally inclement weather at Sywell, in the form of thick fog, G-FOKK was unable to attend this wonderful event. The plane was fueled up and ready to go from 9am on the day, but the fog didnt lift at all, so the trip was abandoned after lunch. We understand that the event was a great success, and we look forward to supporting it in years to come.
Follow the link for more information on the Little Gransden Airshow Little Gransden Airshow
We were delighted to be invited to display with The Great War Display Team at this event - the biggest private airshow of the year. Held at RFC Rendcomb in the heart of the Cotswolds, this event was in aid of Help for Heroes a charity dedicated to providing support to service personnel injured in the line of duty. If you haven't yet visited their website, we urge you to do so.
RFC Rendcomb is the home of Team Guinot - World leaders in air display flying; Aerosuperbatics have operated highly successful sponsored air display teams for over 20 years. Operators of the world’s only formation wingwalking team, Team Guinot, seen live by over 5 million spectators every summer. Our thanks to Vic Norman and the amazing team at Aerosuperbatics for hosting this amazing event.
Sir John Allison was Flying Display Director, and his presence set the scene for a truely spectacular display lineup featuring many World Class Display Acts including: The Red Arrows; The Guinot Aerosuberbatics Formation Wingwalking Display Team; The Sywell based Blades; The Swift Gliders Aerobatic Display Team; the RedStarz - the only Sukhoi 29 and Yak 52 display team in the world and the 12 minute show combines elegant, classic and symmetrical aerobatic manoeuvres with dynamic tumbling and rolling energy. Nick Barnard flies the Su29 and Peter Scandrett leads the pair in his Yak 52 ; Warbirds from Peter Teichman, John Romain and Stephen Grey; Paul Bonhomme and Steve Jones' only SU-26 appearance this year as The Matadors ...... it was a truely incredible day and we understand raised a great deal of money for Help for Heroes.
We plan to include links to all of these display teams as soon as possible. For now, we apologise for the lack of photo's - please watch this space! The Great War Display Team
The Swift Aerobatic Display Team .
After a long cold journey, they arrived at Duxford, where the Somerleyton Invasion Force adjourned for tea and cake. Once they were able to move their limbs again, they set off for their sortie over Somerleyton.
Although the event was intended to be a private display, word had got round and people were viewing from many vantage points, one enterprising chap was on the roof of the local Pub.
More information will follow.
We are currently in the process of updating our website, to summarise the 2009 season, and we are already taking bookings for 2010.
We are proud to announce that we only had to cancel one show due to bad weather. All other displays were carried out.
UK Price £12.50 including Postage or buy 2 for £20.00
This lovely fokking T-Shirt shows G-FOKK on the very first day she filled up with fuel at Sywell. Apologies for the quality of the photo. Until we get a new picture up on the website, please email us for a better picture.
100 Percent pre-shrunk cotton T-Shirt.
Available in M, L, XL and XXL.
Definitely not available in small!
To order please email us details of quantity, size and delivery address and we will supply details of how to pay.
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Incredibly easy to build, and great fun to fly, but definitely something to be enjoyed outside unless you live in a hanger!
Clip it together, wind up the rubber band, for some time... and away it goes.
UK Price £8.00 Plus £4.95 Postage and Packaging. Or buy 2 for £20.00 including postage
We do not currently have the facility to ship overseas, so the prices shown are for shipment within the UK only.
All prices include VAT if applicable.
We do not accept returns unless goods are faulty.
If you have any questions about an item, please email us and we will do our utmost to assist you.
Merchandise can only be purchased by email at present.
We specialise in Restoration, Repairs and Replica Construction. We can offer wood and metal fabrication and repair, CAA Approved Welding, Aircraft Re-covering and Painting, etc.
More about the range of services we offer can be found here.
The Fokker Story - how Paul Ford built a WW1 Replica and stayed married - including construction photos and the trials and tribulations of building and flying G-FOKK......
More photographs - a lot more - we took over 600 in our last two air to air sorties.......
Merchandise - Jasta Binks is a Lovely Fokker - so when you've read the webpage, and seen it fly, you will need the obligatory 'What a Lovely Fokker T Shirt', to be followed by many other similarly dreadful puns such as 'Bad Fokking Attitude', 'My Dad Says I'm a Little Fokker', etc, etc .....
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Oh alright, here are some more now...
This website is dedicated to the memory of John Munsey Bell, who passed away in March 2008. We miss him and will never forget him. We could not have done this without him.
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The links below will (eventually) help you find your way around our website. sorry.