The Fokker Universal was the first aircraft built in the United States that was based on the designs of Dutch-born Anthony Fokker, who had designed aircraft for Germany during World War I. About half of the 44 Universals that were built between 1926 and 1931 in the United States were used in Canada. Among the famous pilots who flew the Fokker Universal were Punch Dickins and Walter Gilbert.
Fokker Universal
Prototype of the US-developed Fokker Universal
A Universal operated by the Aero Corporation of California.
The airframe proved suitable as a seaplane outfitted with floats.
Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Indigenous Canadians called him "Snow Eagle", northern Europeans called him "White Eagle", while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland".
Dickins c. 1927
C-FGYN Adlair Aviation Ltd. de Havilland Beaver (DHC2) Mk.I on floats
Dr. Joe Anderson of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Don Scott dedicate a commemorative plaque and monument to aviation pioneer, C. H. "Punch" Dickins in Fort McMurray, AB