Fokker F.14

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)

See also

• 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