Fokker F-10

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F-10
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Fokker F-10A Super Trimotor
General information
TypePassenger and military transport
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America
Number built65
History
Introduction date1927
Developed from Fokker F.VII

The Fokker F-10 was an enlarged development of the Fokker F.VII airliner, built in the late 1920s by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America. It was a trimotor passenger aircraft, and it carried 12 passengers. This was four more than the F.VII it was based on, and it had a larger wing and more powerful engines than that design. A crash of this aircraft in 1931, lead to widespread reforms in the U.S. aviation industry and hurt the reputation of wooden winged' aircraft, especially the Fokker Tri-motor types.

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Operational history

Fokker built 65 for commercial and military service. After the crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air F-10 in 1931, killing Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne and seven others, which was caused by the deterioration of the wooden wing spar, the type was temporarily grounded, and it was required to undergo more frequent and rigorous inspection. Its public image was also greatly damaged, leading to its early retirement from U.S. airlines.

Variants

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USAAC Fokker C-5
The RA-4 as evaluated by the US Marine Corps. Fokker RA-4 van de U.S. Marines (161 026181).jpg
The RA-4 as evaluated by the US Marine Corps.
F-10
Initial production variant.
F-10A
Improved and revised 14-passenger variant powered by three 420 hp (310 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engines, [1] often called the Super Trimotor.
C-5
United States Army designation for the evaluation of one re-engined F-10A powered by three Wright R-975 radials.
LB-2
Light bomber version.
RA-4
United States Navy designation for the evaluation of one F-10A.

Operators

Civil operators

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Passenger cabin on the Fokker F-10
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Richfield Oil Fokker F.10
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Western Air Express F-10
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Military operators

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Accidents and incidents

Specifications (F-10)

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Western Air Express Fokker F-10, Oakland, May 1932

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, [5] Aero Favourites:Fokker F.10. [6]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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