5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Fokker F.32: Herbert A. French· Public domain
- 2. Fokker F.32 demonstratievliegtuig 2161 026879: Collectie Van Beek· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Fokker F-32 Aero Digest May,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
- 4. Fokker F.32 Aero Digest June,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
- 5. Fokker F.32 nose L'Aéronautique December,1929: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Fokker F-32 was a passenger aircraft built by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America in 1929 in their Teterboro, New Jersey factory. It was the first four-engined aircraft designed and built in the United States. Ten examples were built, but they only entered limited commercial service; their high cost and problems with the cooling of the aft engines proved prohibitive.
How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · 30.2 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 30.2 m: about 7 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
- 1929-09-13
- introduced
- 1930
- number built
- 7
- role
- passenger aircraft
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 4× Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 32
- length
- 21.3 m
- wingspan
- 30.2 m
- height
- 5 m
- max take-off weight
- 11 t
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3074916, Wikipedia: Fokker F-32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.