what is it?
The Fokker T.IV was a Dutch torpedo bomber/maritime reconnaissance floatplane of the 1920s and 1930s. First flying in 1927, it served with the Dutch Naval Aviation Service in the Dutch East Indies until the remaining aircraft were destroyed during the Japanese invasion in 1942.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · 26.2 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 26.2 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,560 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1927-06-07
- retired
- 1942
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- role
- maritime patrol floatplane
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 2× Wright SR-1820-F2 Cyclone / Hispano-Suiza 12Y / SR-1820-F2 Cyclone
- crew
- 4
- length
- 17.6 m
- wingspan
- 26.2 m
- height
- 6 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,200 kg
- top speed
- 260 km/h
- cruise speed
- 215 km/h
- range
- 1,560 km
- ceiling
- 5,900 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2301351, Wikipedia: Fokker T.IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.