Fokker F.II

Fokker · Netherlands · first flew 1919 · airliner

The Fokker F.II was Anthony Fokker's first airliner, and one of the earliest clean cantilever high-wing monoplane designs to enter commercial service.

Recognition (WEFT)

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Spot it by:

• High-wing cantilever monoplane with a thick, strut-free wood wing
• Cramped four-seat cabin behind a single tractor engine
• Welded steel-tube fuselage under fabric covering

Spot the thick, strut-free wood wing sitting directly on the fuselage roof, with only a single engine and a tiny four-seat cabin, unlike the later trimotor F.VII.

Specifications

• The Fokker F.II has a length of 11.65 m (38 ft).
• It has a wingspan of 16.1 m (53 ft).
• Its maximum speed is 150 km/h (93 mph).
• Typical crew: 1.

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History

First flown in 1919, the F.II grew out of Reinhold Platz's wartime Fokker fighter designs, translating their thick cantilever wooden wing and steel-tube fuselage into a small four-passenger transport. Most of the roughly 23 built were assembled by Deutsche Aero Lloyd in Berlin using wings supplied by Albatros.

Variants

The related F.III followed almost immediately with a slightly larger cabin, and the type set the high-wing, strut-free layout Fokker would use through the F.VII series.

Where you'll see it

KLM and other early European airlines flew the F.II on pioneering scheduled routes in the early 1920s; no complete original airframe survives today.

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