Fokker F.XXII

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type=22-passenger transport
manufacturer=Fokker
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first flight=1935
introduced=1935
retired=1947
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primary user=KLM
more users=Royal Air Force
Scottish Aviation
AB Aerotransport
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number built=4
variants with their own articles=The Fokker F.XXII was a 1930s Dutch four-engined 22-passenger airliner designed and built by Fokker.

Development

Developed as a smaller version of the Fokker F.XXXVI the F.XXII is a high-wing canilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It was powered by four Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial piston engines mounted in the wing leading edge. The first aircraft registered "PH-AJP" first flew in 1935 and was followed by two production aircraft all for KLM. A fourth aircraft was built for the Swedish airline AB Aerotransport.

Operational history

One KLM aircraft crashed in July 1935 and the other two continued in service until August 1939 when they were sold to British American Air Services and Scottish Aviation in the United Kingdom. A month later the British American Air Services aircraft was also acquired by Scottish Aviation as a navigation trainer. In October 1941 they were both impressed into service with the Royal Air Force and used as transports and crew trainers. One aircraft survived the war to be returned to Scottish Aviation who used it for services between Prestwick and Belfast until it was grounded at the end of 1947.

The Swedish aircraft, which was named "Lappland", flew a regular Amsterdam Malmo service until it was destroyed in an accident in June 1936.

Operators

Civil operators

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*KLM;SWE
*AB Aerotransport;UK
*British American Air Service
*Scottish Aviation

Military operators

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*Royal Air Force
**No. 24 Squadron RAF

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crew=2
capacity=22-passengers
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empty weight kg=8100
empty weight lb=17857
gross weight kg=13000
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range miles=839
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* List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

References

* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1895/6
* A.J. Jackson, "British Civil Aircraft since 1919" Volume 2, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0 370 10010 7, Page 373