| Koolhoven F.K.50 | |
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| Role | Eight-passenger light transport monoplane |
| Manufacturer | N.V.Koolhoven |
| Designer | Fritz Koolhoven |
| First flight | 1935 |
| Introduction | 1935 |
| Retired | 1962 |
| Primary user | Swiss Alpar |
| Number built | 3 |
The Koolhoven F.K.50 was a 1930s Dutch eight-passenger light transport monoplane designed and built by Koolhoven.
The F.K.50 was designed to meet a requirement from the Swiss airline Swiss Alpar for a light transport capable of operating in Switzerland. The F.K.50 was a cantilever high-wing cabin monoplane with a fixed wide track tailwheel landing gear. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior engines and had a conventional single fin and rudder. The first of two aircraft first flew on the 18 September 1935 and the second flew in March 1936. A third aircraft was built in 1938 with a re-designed tail unit with twin vertical tail surfaces. A bomber variant (the F.K.50B) was proposed but never built.
The three aircraft operated a regular service between Swiss destinations and onwards to Lyons and Marseilles and charter flights to Paris and London. One aircraft remained in flying condition until it crashed in 1962.
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. pp. 2260.
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