Fokker F.14

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
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.

Y1C-15A

F.14 re-engined with a 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone, later C-15A.

Operators

Canada

• MacKenzie Air Services
• Western Canada Airways

United States

• Standard Air Lines
• Transcontinental & Western Air
• United States Army Air Corps

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: 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)
• Range: 690 miles (1100 km)
• Service ceiling: 14,500 ft (4420 m)

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of the United States

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.

External links

• "Mercy Flyers Bring" rare photos of USAAC ambulance version page 20 (top) and page 21 (bottom)
• "Ambulance Plan `Chute Designed For Patients" June 1934 Popular Science Monthly - Y1C-15 used for testing of emergency parachute for stretcher patients