The Fokker F-14 was an American seven/nine passenger transport aircraft designed by Fokker and built by their Atlantic Aircraft factory in New Jersey.
Development The F-14 was a typical Fokker designed single-engine transport but unusually it had a parasol-type high wing carried on struts above the fuselage. It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The pilot had a cockpit behind the passenger cabin.
Variants
F-14 Civil production version with a 525 hp (391 kW) Wright R-1750-3 radial engine. F-14A Civilian aircraft with 575 hp (429 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet radial and wing mounted directly on fuselage.
Y1C-14 Designation for 20 Hornet-powered examples bought for the United States Army Air Corps in 1931, later became the C-14. Y1C-14A Last of the 20 Y1C-14s re-engined with a 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1820-7 Cyclone. Y1C-14B Re-engined with a 525 hp (391 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690-5 Hornet.
Y1C-15 Conversion of the ninth Y1C-14 as an air ambulance."First Air Ambulance Built For Army", July 1931, Popular Science Y1C-15A F-14 re-engined with a 575 hp (429 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone, later C-15A.
Operators
MacKenzie Air Services Western Canada Airways
Standard Air Lines Transcontinental & Western Air United States Army Air Corps
Specifications (F-14)
References John Andrade, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, (Page 62) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1878.
External links
"Mercy Flyers Bring" rare photos of USAAC ambulance version page 20 (top) and page 21 (bottom) "Ambulance Plan `Chute Designed For Patients" June 1934 Popular Science Monthly - Y1C-15 used for testing of emergency parachute for stretcher patients