Fokker F.14

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



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 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

Performance


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References

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