- Fokker F.10
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The Fokker F.10 was an enlarged version of the
Fokker F.VII airliner, built in the late 1920s by theFokker Aircraft Corporation of America . It carried 12 passengers, four more than the F.VII, and had a larger wing and more powerful engines.Sixty-five were built for US commercial and military service. Commercial operation of the F.10 was ended by the crash of
TWA Flight 599 in 1931.Variants
;F.10:Initial production variant;F.10A:Improved and revised 14-passenger variant powered by three
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engines, often called the "Super Trimotor".;C-5:United States Army designation for the evaluation of one re-engined F.10A powered by threeWright R-975 radials.;RA-4:United States Navy designation for the evaluation of one F.10A.Operators
Civil operators
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* American Airways
*TWA
*Pan Am
*Universal Airlines
*Western Air Express (launch customer [http://library.thinkquest.org/C002752/fokker.cgi?page=db/f-10 Living History] ] )Military operators
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*United States Army Air Corps designations C-5 and C-7A. [ [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher3/cdesig.html Cargo Aircraft Designations] ]pecifications
aircraft specification
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jet or prop?=prop
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capacity= 12 passengers
length main=50 ft 7 in
length alt=15.41 m
span main=79 ft 1 in
span alt=24.10 m
height main=12 ft 8 in
height alt=3.86 m
area main=
area alt=empty weight main=7,716 lb
empty weight alt=3,500 kg
loaded weight main=13,007 lb
loaded weight alt=5,900 kgengine (prop)=
Pratt & Whitney Wasp
type of prop= radial engines
number of props= 3
power main= 420 hp
power alt=313 kWcruise speed main= 105 kts
cruise speed alt= 195 km/h
range main= 691 nm
range alt= 1,280 km
ceiling main=
ceiling alt=
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ee also
aircontent
related=
*Fokker F.VII
*Avro 618 Ten similar aircraft=
*Ford Trimotor see also=
References
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