Editing Anthony Fokker (section)

==Move to the US and death==
[[File:Anthony.Fokker.grave.jpg|thumb|Fokker's grave in Driehuis]]

In or about 1926 or 1927, Fokker moved to the United States. Here he established the North American branch of his company, the [[Atlantic Aircraft Corporation]]. The company gained high visibility in daring exploits by pilots. The [[Fokker F.VII]] aircraft was used by pilot [[Richard E. Byrd]] and machinist [[Floyd Bennett]] to fly over or near the [[North Pole]] on 9 May 1926. In June 1928, [[Amelia Earhart]] [[Amelia Earhart#Transatlantic flight in 1928|crossed the Atlantic to Wales]] in a Fokker F.VII/3m trimotor, and in 1930 [[Charles Kingsford Smith]] circumnavigated the globe in another. However the reputation was hurt when the famous University of Notre Dame football coach [[Knute Rockne]] was killed in [[1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash|the crash of a Fokker F.10A in March 1931]].

Fokker's Dutch and American companies were at the peak of their success in the late 1920s, but he lost control by going public to sell stock. In 1929, [[General Motors]] took over Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America, and merged it in the General Aviation Corporation. Fokker was appointed director of engineering. He resigned in 1931. Fokker designs were increasingly outdated and in 1934 General Aviation discontinued their production. They were still built in the Netherlands.

[[Neville Shute]] in 1934 negotiated with Fokker for a manufacturing licensing agreement for [[Airspeed Ltd]] (England), and found him "genial, shrewd and helpful" but "already a sick man"; and he was difficult to deal with as "his domestic life was irregular". He worked "at all hours and in strange places". Frequently "his very efficient legal advisor and secretary could not tell us where he was". Shute said he was "a good chooser of men" and had a "most efficient staff of Dutchmen and ex-Germans".<ref>{{cite book |last= Norway |first= Neville Shute |authorlink=Nevil Shute |title= Slide Rule |year= 1954 |publisher= William Heinemann |location= London |pages= 219–221}}</ref>

Fokker died at age 49 in New York in 1939 from [[meningitis|pneumococcal meningitis]], after a three-week-long illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=A.H.G. Fokker Dies. Airplane Designer. Pioneer Manufacturer Victim of Rare Disease After 'a Most Gallant Fight'. Made World War Craft. Synchronized Propeller With Machine Gun to Permit Firing Between Blades |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/06/05/archives/has-international-license-miss-earhart-is-the-first-woman-to-obtain.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 December 1939 |access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> In 1940, his ashes were brought to Westerveld Cemetery in [[Driehuis]], [[North Holland]], where they were buried in the family grave.

In 1970, Fokker was inducted into the [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame]].<ref>Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor. ''These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame''. Donning Co. Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-57864-397-4}}.</ref>

In 1980, Fokker was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in Dayton, Ohio. <ref>{{cite web |title=Enshrinee Anthony Fokker |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/anthony-fokker/ |website=nationalaviation.org |publisher=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>