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Fokker F.14
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This article is about airliner built by Fokker in the United States. For the completely unrelated cargo aircraft built by Fokker in the Netherlands, see Fokker F.XIV.
| Fokker F.14 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Seven/Nine passenger transport monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Atlantic Aircraft |
| Maiden flight | 1929 |
| Primary user | United States Army Air Corps |
The Fokker F.14 was an American seven/nine passenger transport aircraft designed by Fokker and built by their Atlantic Aircraft factory in New Jersey.
Development
The F.14 was a typical Fokker designed single-engine transport but unusually it had a parasol-type high wing carried on struts above the fuselage. It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The pilot had an cockpit behind the passenger cabin.
Variants
- F.14
- Civil production version with a 525hp (391kW) Wright R-1750-3 radial engine.
- F.14A
- Civilian aircraft with 575hp (429kW) Pratt & Whitney Hornet radial engine
- Y1C-14
- Designation for 20 Hornet-powered examples bought for the United States Army Air Corps in 1931, later became the C-14.
- Y1C-14A
- Last of the 20 Y1C-14s re-engined with a 575hp (429kW) Wright R-1820-7 Cyclone.
- Y1C-14B
- Re-engined with a 525hp (391kW) Pratt & Whitney Hornet R-1690-5 Hornet engine.
- Y1C-15
- Conversion of the ninth Y1C-14 as an air ambulance.
- Y1C-15A
- Y1C-15 re-engined with a 575hp (429kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone, later C-15A.
Operators
Specifications (F.14)
Related lists
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References
- John Andrade, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, ISBN 0 904597 22 9 (Page 62)
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1878.
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Lists relating to aviation | |
|---|---|
| General | Timeline of aviation · Aircraft · Aircraft manufacturers · Aircraft engines · Aircraft engine manufacturers · Airports · Airlines |
| Military | Air forces · Aircraft weapons · Missiles · Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) · Experimental aircraft |
| Notable incidents and accidents | Military aviation · Airliners · General aviation · Famous aviation-related deaths |
| Records | Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft |
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