Fokker F.XII

The Fokker F. XII was a three-engined high-winged monoplane airliner produced in the 1930s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. Two aircraft were built under license by Danish Orlogsværftet. The first was powered by 347 kW (465 hp) Bristol Jupiter VI radial engines and the second an improved model the F. XIIM was about 20 km-h (12 mph) faster than the Dutch-built F. XIIs.

essentially a scaled-up version of the Fokker F.XII intended for long-distance flights. Like its predecessor, it was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage.1
Fokker F.XII airliner in KLM livery at Schiphol Airport in the early 1930s. source: avsim.2
OY-DIG Merkur, a Fokker F.XII built by Orlogsvaerftet in Denmark in 1933. It operated on a Berlin-Copenhagen and Hamburg-Hanover run.3

Made by Fokker.

The Fokker F.XII trimotor of the 1930's was much larger than the well-known FVIIb/3m. Danish Air Lines had two F.4
The Fokker F.XII was a three engined high-winged monoplane airliner produced in the 1930s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. Fokker F.XIV The Fokker F.5
Jet Or Prop
prop
Power Alt
425 hp
Loaded Weight Main
7250.0
Capacity
up to 18 passengers
Cruise Speed Main
205.0
Type Of Prop
radial
Crew
4
Retired
1947
Span Main
23.02 m
Cruise Speed Alt
127 mph
Height Main
4.75 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
Manufacturer
Fokker
Number Of Props
3
First Flight
1930
Production End Year
0011
Loaded Weight Alt
15984.0
Power Main
317.0
Production Start Year
0011
Empty Weight Alt
9590.0
Length Main
17.80 m
Empty Weight Main
4350.0
Produced
11
Category
Dutch airliners 1930-1939
Fokker aircraft
High wing aircraft
Propeller aircraft

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