The Fokker F-14 was an American seven/nine passenger transport aircraft designed by

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and built by their

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Development

The F-14 was a typical

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)

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Hornet radial and wing mounted directly on fuselage. Fokker C-14 side view

;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 The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s. It was produced under license in France as the Hispano-Suiza 9V or Hispano-Wright 9V, and in the Soviet Uni ...

-7 Cyclone. ;Y1C-14B :Re-engined with a 525 hp (391 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1690-5 Hornet. Fokker Y1C-15

;Y1C-15 :Conversion of the ninth Y1C-14 as an air ambulance."First Air Ambulance Built For Army", July 1931, Popular Science
/ref> ;Y1C-15A :F-14 re-engined with a 575 hp (429 kW)

Wright R-1820 Cyclone The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s. It was produced under license in France as the Hispano-Suiza 9V or Hispano-Wright 9V, and in the Soviet Uni ...

, later C-15A.

Operators

; * MacKenzie Air Services *

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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 {{Fokker aircraft 1920s United States airliners 1920s United States military transport aircraft F 14 Single-engined tractor aircraft Parasol-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1929