Fokker F-14

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.

This article is about the airliner built in the United States. For the unrelated cargo aircraft built in the Netherlands, see Fokker F.XIV.
Fokker F-14
Fokker C-14
Role Seven/Nine passenger transport monoplane
Manufacturer Atlantic Aircraft
First flight 1929
Primary user United States Army Air Corps

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.

Variants
F-14
Civil production version with a 525 hp (391 kW) Wright R-1750-3 radial engine.
F-14A
Civilian aircraft with 575 hp (429 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet radial and wing mounted directly on fuselage.
C-14
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 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1820-7 Cyclone.
Y1C-14B
Re-engined with a 525 hp (391 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690-5 Hornet.
The Y1C-15
Y1C-15
Conversion of the ninth Y1C-14 as an air ambulance.[1]
Y1C-15A
F-14 re-engined with a 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone, later C-15A.

Operators
 Canada
 United States

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 sq ft (51.19 m2)
  • Empty weight: 4,346 lb (1,971 kg)
  • Gross weight: 7,200 lb (3,266 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1750-3 9-cylinder radial , 525 hp (391 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 137 mph (220 km/h, 119 kn)
  • Range: 690 mi (1,100 km, 600 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 14,500 ft (4,420 m)

Related lists

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.
  1. "First Air Ambulance Built For Army", July 1931, Popular Science
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