Fokker F-14 Explained
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.
- 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.
- 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
References
- John Andrade, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, (Page 62)
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1878.
External links
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=XygDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Popular+Science+1931+plane&pg=PA49 "First Air Ambulance Built For Army", July 1931, Popular Science
