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what is it?
The Fokker E.IV was the final variant of the Eindecker fighter aircraft that was operated by Germany during World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1915-09
- introduced
- 1915
- number built
- 49
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 1× Oberursel U.III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 724 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- range
- 240 km
- ceiling
- 3,960 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1061911, Wikipedia: Fokker E.IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.