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Fokker F.IX
Fokker · Fixed Wing / Passenger Transport · Netherlands · Interwar (1919–1938)
The Fokker F.IX was an airliner developed in the Netherlands in the late 1920s, intended to provide KLM with an aircraft suitable for regular services to the Dutch East Indies. When the onset of the Great Depression forced the postponement of those plans, the market for this aircraft disappeared as well, although it did see military service in Czechoslovakia as a bomber.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Commercial
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Interwar (1919–1938)
- Country
- Netherlands
- Manufacturer
- Fokker
- Operator
- Swissair / others
- Primary Role
- Fixed Wing / Passenger Transport
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1929
- Produced
- 7
- Propulsion
- Piston
- Engine
- 3x Pratt & Whitney Hornet B radial
- Thrust / Power
- 525 hp each
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 57.4
- Wingspan (ft)
- 88.6
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 11574
- MTOW (lb)
- 18960
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 18045
- Range (mi)
- 870
- Max Speed (mph)
- 137