The Fokker F.VIII (or F.8) was a large twin-engined airliner designed and produced by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in the 1920s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... Fokkers first airplane, the Spin (1910) Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1927: Events January January 7 - Imperial Airways commences a regular service from Basra to Cairo via Baghdad, the first of its Empire trunk routes January 15 - Boeing Air Transport is formed, to carry airmail between Chicago and San Francisco. ... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Prior to its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ... This article deals with the 1930s airline British Airways Ltd. ... Coat of arms of the Swedish Air Force. ... The Finnish Air Force (FAF) (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... The Fokker F.VII was a small airliner originally produced by Anthony Fokkers Atlantic Aircraft Company, and later by other companies under licence. ... An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers. ... Fokkers first airplane, the Spin (1910) Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. ...

History

In 1926, Dutch airline KLM issued a request for a larger capacity aircraft than the F.VII or F.VIIa they were currently operating. In response, designer Reinhold Platz began work on the F.VIII in 1926. An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Prior to its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ... The Fokker F.VII was a small airliner originally produced by Anthony Fokkers Atlantic Aircraft Company, and later by other companies under licence. ...

The aircraft made its maiden flight on 12 March 1927. The aircraft featured mixed construction, the fuselage and the tail section being made out of welded steel tubes covered with veneer, canvas and dural, and the wooden wing was covered with veneer. It was powered by two Bristol Jupiter radial engines. March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A veneer is a thin covering over something. ... Dural is a semi-rural suburb 36km north-west of the central business district of Sydney, Australia, in the shires of Hornsby and Baulkham Hills. ... Bristol Jupiter engine The Bristol Jupiter was a British 9-cylinder one-row piston radial engine used in the 1930s and 1940s aircraft. ... The radial engine is an internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central crankshaft like the spokes on a wheel. ...

Only ten F.VIII aircraft were constructed. Of these, six or seven went to KLM, who accepted delivery of the first 24 June 1927. The Hungarian company Malert seems to have bought one aircraft and two or three were built under licence at the WM factory using Gnome-Rhône Jupiter 9A engines. In 1936, two of the KLM aircraft were sold to British Airways, and in 1937 KLM's PH-AED was sold to Venezuela. In 1939 one of KLM's Fokker F.VIII's (PH-AEG) was transferred via the airline ABA to the Swedish Air Force. This aircraft first carried the civil identification code SE-AEB and later the Swedish Air Force designation code 916. The aircraft was called Tp 10 in Swedish service and it was equipped with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp D1 T1 engine. Another of KLM's aircraft also found its way to Sweden and was registerd with the code SE-AHA. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... To license or grant license is to give permission. ... Le Rhône 9C Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. ... Bristol Jupiter engine The Bristol Jupiter was a British 9-cylinder one-row piston radial engine used in the 1930s and 1940s aircraft. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ... AB Aerotransport, ABA, was an airline and is today part of the SAS Group. ... Coat of arms of the Swedish Air Force. ... Wasp was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Pratt & Whitney, and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. ...

In July 1927 Fokker converted one aircraft into an amphibian bomber, equipped with an machine gun in the front section. This aircraft was given the designation F.VIII-W, but it failed to receive orders and no other aircraft were converted. An amphibious or amphibian aircraft is an aircraft that can land on either land or water. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

Finnish service

The Finnish Air Force's sole Fokker F.VIII was built at the N.V. Nederlandsche Vliegtuigenfabriken factory in Amsterdam in 1928, and carried the registration code H-NAEL and the production number of 5076. KLM had used this aircraft in regular passenger service with the registration PH-AEI; in 1937 it was sold to British Airways, where it was registered G-AEPU and transported passengers across the English Channel. The Swedish company G.A. Flygrender purchased the aircraft in 1939, and it was ferried to Sweden via a Amsterdam-Copenhagen-Torslanda route on 7 April 1939. While it was in Sweden the aircraft was mainly flown in the Gothenburg area. The Finnish Air Force (FAF) (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen (PvdA)  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ... Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: (IPA: ), the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ... Copenhagen (IPA: or ; Danish: IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city. ... Torslanda is an urban area in the municipality of Gothenburg in Sweden, located about 12 km north west of the city centre. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939: Events January January 12 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve is formed February February 9 - Alex Henshaw sets a new speed record for the round trip between England and Cape Town in 4 days 10 minutes in a Percival Mew... Location of Gothenburg in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden County Västra Götaland County Province Västergötland Charter 1621 Government  - Mayor Göran Johansson Area  - City 450 km²  (174 sq mi)  - Water 14. ...

During the Winter War the Swedish organization Nationella Samlingen organized a national fundraising drive for Finland. From the money obtained, they purchased the above mentioned F.VIII from G.A. Flygrederi for 73,500 Swedish kronor. The aircraft carried the registration SE-AHA and it was equipped with Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, which were unique to this aircraft. The F.VIII was flown to Finland on 11 November 1940, carrying the Finnish civil registration OH-FOA. In the Finnish Air Force it was given the code FE-1, but due to the bad condition of its wings it had to be repaired. On 4 August, 1941, the aircraft was transferred to LeLv 46. It was mainly used for the transport of wounded soldiers from the island of Lunkula. Only ten flights took place before the aircraft was destroyed on 27 September 1941 due to an engine failure caused by air in the fuel system. The crew escaped unharmed despite crash-landing in the woods, and were transporting at least one seriously injured passenger. Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 3,000 tanks 3,800 aircraft[3][4] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[5] 126,875 dead... This article is about the Swedish unit of currency. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940: Events March March 16 - Britain suffers its first civilian air-raid casualties of the war after a raid by KG 26 on Scapa Flow March 25 - the US government grants permission to the countrys aircraft manufacturers to sell advanced... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941: Events Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean. ... No. ... This article is about a military rank. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

Variants

• F.VIII - Main production version, also known as F.8, 12-13 built
• F.VIII-W - floater-equipped bomber aircraft, also known as F.8-W, one F.VIII was rebuilt into this version

Operators

Civil

• KLM
• ABA
• British Airways

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Military

•  Finland
•  Sweden (Tp 10)

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Specifications (F.VIII)

General characteristics

• Crew: three
• Capacity: 10 passengers
• Length: 16.80 m (ft in)
• Wingspan: 23.00 m (ft in)
• Height: 4.20 m (ft in)
• Wing area: 82 m² (ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,350 kg (lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 5,800 kg (lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Bristol Jupiter IV, Gnome-Rhône Jupiter or Pratt & Whitney Wasp air-cooled radials, 525 hp (kW) (P&W) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (mph)
• Cruise speed: 180 km/h (mph)
• Range: 1,100 km (mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (ft)

The distance AB is the wing span of this Aer Lingus Airbus A320. ... In aviation, the Maximum Take-Off Weight (or MTOW) is the maximum weight with which an aircraft is allowed to try to achieve flight. ... Bristol Jupiter engine The Bristol Jupiter was a British 9-cylinder one-row piston radial engine used in the 1930s and 1940s aircraft. ... Le Rhône 9C Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. ... Wasp was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Pratt & Whitney, and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. ... Engine cooling is the process of cooling an engine by using either air or liquid. ... The radial engine is an internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central crankshaft like the spokes on a wheel. ... VNO of an aircraft is the V speed which refers to the velocity of normal operation. ... Airspeed Indicator in a light aircraft The VC of an aircraft is the V speed which refers to the velocity of cruising. ... The maximal total range is the distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing as limited by its fuel capacity. ... In aeronautics, the service ceiling is the maximum density altitude where the best rate of climb airspeed will produce a 100 feet per minute climb(twin engine) and 50 feet(single engine) at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum continuous power. ...

Sources

• Timo Heinonen: Thulinista Hornetiin - Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseon julkaisuja 3, 1992. ISBN 951-95688-2-4
• Matti Hämäläinen: Pommituslentolaivue 46, Koala-Kustannus 2005. ISBN 952-5186-61-X
• www.dutch-aviation.nl

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