Since it is a monoplane before 1927 and the guy (pilot) smoking on the right looks very much like Anthony Fokker it must be some prototype of the Fokker F VII. Here are some additional pictures and videos of the F VII model.
On the left Anthony Fokker sitting in a cockpit frame
Last flight of a Fokker F.VIIa
Fokker F.VII was also the first airplane to fly over the north pole.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Byrd#1926_North_Pole_flight.2C_and_controversy
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Although already posted in 2011, I should to react on your unidentified plane. The trimotor is the Dutch Koolhoven designed FK.33. As Koolhoven was in that time (1925) the chief constructor of the NVI (Nationale Vliegtuig Industrie) it is historically correctly identified as the NVI FK.33. Today it is mostly identified as the Koolhoven FK.33.
ReplyDeleteTh drawing is made exactly of a picture which gives the same scene. This can be found on this page
http://www.alexdenouden.nl/artikelen/koolhoven03.htm
Thank you for the very accurate identification of the plane!
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