Fokker F.VII

what is it?

The Fokker F.VII, also known as the Fokker Trimotor, was an airliner produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, Fokker's American subsidiary Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, and several other companies under license. It was an airliner that could carry between 6 and 12 people, depending on the version, and it used a variety of engines and engine configurations; while the first versions had a single nose engine, most were produced with three engines. The F.VII was an important airliner in the 1920s and 1930s; made in several versions, it was used for record breaking flights.

🔎How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 21.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 210 km/htop speed
• range 1,200 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 8passengers
• size 5,300 kgmax take-off weight
• built 115made in total

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 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 21.7 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1924-11-24

introduced

1925

status

retired

number built

115

role

passenger & military transport

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

makers

Fokker

engines

3× Wright J-6 Whirlwind

crew

2

passengers

8

length

14.5 m

wingspan

21.7 m

max take-off weight

5,300 kg

top speed

210 km/h

cruise speed

178 km/h

range

1,200 km

ceiling

4,400 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

fixed conventional landing gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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