what is it?
The Fokker C.V was a Dutch light reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft manufactured by Fokker. It was designed by Anthony Fokker and the series manufacture began in 1924 at Fokker in Amsterdam.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1924-05
- introduced
- 1924
- number built
- 33
- role
- light reconnaissance, bomber aircraft
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 1× Rolls-Royce Kestrel VIIb / Jupiter VI
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.3 m
- wingspan
- 12.5 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,145 kg
- top speed
- 250 km/h
- cruise speed
- 180 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- ceiling
- 6,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1860313, Wikipedia: Fokker C.V (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.