Fokker F.VII

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Fokker F.VII

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This Fokker F.VII was built in 1925 and delivered to KLM. It was written off
after an accident near Hythe in Britain on 21 June 1926. (Photo: KLM)

F.VII Specifications

Length: 44 ft 3 in (13,50 m).
Wing span: 69 ft 11 in (21,30 m).
Height: 13 ft 1 in (4,00 m).

Empty weight: 4,310 lb ( 1,955 kg).
Max takeoff weight: 7,176 lb (3,255 kg).

Cruise speed: 73 kts (136 km/h)

Engine: one 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle, or one 450 hp Napier Lion or one 400 hp Gnome-Rhône Jupiter.

Accommodation: 8 passengers.

F.VIIa Specifications

Length: 47 ft 11 in (14.60 m).
Wing span: 64 ft 2 in (19.30 m).
Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.90 m).

Empty weight: 4,300 lb (1,950 kg).
Max takeoff weight: 7,716 lb (3,500 kg).

Cruise speed: 86 kt (160 km/h).
Range: 486 nm (900 km).

Engine: one 480 hp Bristol Juipiter.

Accommodation: 8 passengers.

This Fokker F.VIIa was built in 1928 and delivered to the Polish airline LOT.
(Photo: Fokker)

The Dutch armed forces took delivery of three Fokker F.VIIa/3m aircraft. This particular aircraft '803' was built in 1927 and after a return flight as H-NAEA 'Postduif' from Amsterdam to Batavia it was deliverd to the Luchtvaartafdeling (aviation section) of the Dutch army. (Photo: Fokker).

F.VIIa/3m Specifications

Length: 47 ft 11 in (14.60 m).
Wing span: 63 ft 4 in (19.30 m).
Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.90 m).

Empty weight: 4,630 lb (2,100 kg).
Max takeoff weight: 7,950 lb (3,600 kg).

Cruise speed: 81 kt (150 km/h).
Range: 540 nm (1,000 km).

Engines:
three 220 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx.

Accommodation: 8 passengers.

F.VIIb/3m Specifations

Length: 47 ft 11in (14.60m).
Wing span: 71 ft 2in (21.70 m).
Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.90 m).

Empty weight: 6,725 lb (3,050 kg).
Max take-off weight: 11,570 lb (5,200 kg).

Cruise speed: 92 kts (170 km/h).

Engines:
three 300 hp Wright J-5 Whirlwind.

Accommodation: 8 passengers.

This Fokker F.VIIb/3m was built in 1931 and first delivered to KLM. Later the aircraft was leased and sold to the French airline Air Orient. On the picture
the aircraft still wears its Dutch registration. (Photo: Fokker)

F.10 Specifications

Length: 50 ft 7 in (15.41 m).
Wing span: 79 ft 1 in (24.10 m).
Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m).

Cruise speed: 105 kt (195 km/h).
Range: 691 nm (1,280 km).

Empty weight: 7,716 lb (3,500 kg).
Max take-off weight: 13,007 lb (5,900 kg).

Engines: three 420 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp.

Accommodation: 12 passengers.

This aircraft was one of the first Fokker F.10s built in the USA. It was delivered to the oil company Shell and destroyed
during a hangar fire in Chicago in June 1930. (Photo: Fokker)

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