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.

[edit] 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 a cockpit behind the passenger cabin.


[edit] 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.

[edit] Operators

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[edit] Specifications (F.14)

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1878

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: seven/nine passengers
  • Length: 43 ft 3 in (13.18 m)
  • Wingspan: 59 ft 5 in (18.11 m)
  • Height: 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m)
  • Wing area: 551 ft² (51.19 m²)
  • Empty weight: 4346 lb (1971 kg)
  • Gross weight: 7200 lb (3266 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1750-3 9-cylinder radial, 525 hp (391 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 137 mph (220 km/h)
  • Range: 690 miles (110 km)
  • Service ceiling: 14,500 ft (4420 m)


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[edit] 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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