Fokker S.III

what is it?

The Fokker S.III was a biplane trainer aircraft of the 1920s. It was of conventional configuration, seating the pilot and instructor in tandem, open cockpits. The single-baywings were staggered and of unequal span.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 217 km/htop speed

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.7 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

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number built

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role

military trainer aircraft

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8

crew

2

length

8 m

wingspan

10.7 m

top speed

217 km/h

range

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