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Introduction
This speech is about a particular type of aircraft made famous for its use by the Red Baron of Germany in World War One. Many people know that the Red Baron was a real person from history. Others may only know him as an adversary of Snoopy from the comic strip Peanuts, or as a ghost-like magic man dreamed up by lonely housewives hungry for a particular brand of frozen pizza. Well, his real name was Manfred von Richthofen. He was the greatest ace of World War One, and towards the end of his career he flew a bright red aircraft with three wings.

The Fokker Triplane was one of the most controversial aircraft of World War One. Best known as the aircraft of aces such as the Red Baron, it was not as well-liked as many suppose. I have been studying Fokker triplanes since I was a young boy; they have always fascinated me for some reason I cannot explain. I am going to tell you about the development of the Fokker Triplane, its operational history, and its strengths and weaknesses.

I. Development
A. Its designer, Anthony Fokker, was a Dutchman who built airplanes for the Germans after being turned down by the Allies
1. In addition to being a designer, Fokker was a gifted pilot and a shrewd businessman.

2. Fokker built the first fighter airplane to have a machine gun synchronized to fire through the propeller.

B. His German rival Albatros came up with a single seat fighter powered by the excellent Mercedes D-III six-cylinder inline engine and armed with twin Spandau machine guns.
1. Fokker's planes fell into disfavor. Weakly built and underpowered, they could not compete with the Albatros.

2. The British Sopwith Triplane could outturn and outmaneuver the German Albatros. Suddenly the German high command wanted triplane fighters.

C. Fokker had already been working on a series of experimental aircraft with wooden cantilever wings, now seen as one of the most important inventions in aeronautical science during the war.
1. Cantilever...