what is it?
The Koolhoven F.K.58 was a single engine, interceptor-fighter aircraft designed and mainly manufactured by N V Koolhoven in the Netherlands under contract by France. Intended for Armée de l'Air use, the F.K.58 saw limited service in the Battle of France.
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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Top speed is 3.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1938
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- makers
- Koolhoven
- engines
- 1× Hispano-Suiza 14AA-10
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- top speed
- 483 km/h
- cruise speed
- 431 km/h
- range
- 853 km
- ceiling
- 10,211 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1369689, Wikipedia: Koolhoven F.K.58 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.