Fokker S-11
| S-11 Instructor | |
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| A former Royal Netherlands Navy S-11 | |
| Role | Trainer |
| Manufacturer | Fokker |
| First flight | 18 December 1947 |
| Primary users | Royal Netherlands Air Force Royal Netherlands Navy Brazilian Air Force Israeli Air Force Italian Air Force (under licence as M.416) |
| Number built | S-11 375 S-12 50 YT-22 1 |
The Fokker S-11 Instructor is a single-engine two-seater propeller aircraft designed and manufactured by the
Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker
. It first flew in December 1947 and went on production, serving in several Air Forces in the late 20th century, including with Dutch, Italian, Israeli, Paraguay, Bolivian and Brazilian armed forces. The S-12 was a tricycle landing version of this aircraft.
History
One of the first activities undertaken by Fokker after
airshows
.
A version of the S-11 fitted with tricycle landing gear, the S-12, was built by Fokker Industria Aeronautica in Brazil, and was used by the Brazilian Air Force as the T-22 Instructor.
In Italy, 178 were produced under license by Macchi, and they were called M.416.[1]
The aircraft is a two seat piston-powered monoplane with maximum take of weight of 1100 kg (2425 lb) and a top speed of 209 km/h (130 mph, 113 kts).[2]
Variants
- S-11
- Prototypes - four built
- S-11-1
- Production variant for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Naval Aviation Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy- 48 built.
- S-11-2
- Production variant for the Israeli Air Force - 41 built.
- S-11-3
- Production variant for the Italian Air Force - 180 built under license by Aermacchi (Qty 110) and IMAM (Qty 70) as the M.416
- S-11-4
- Production variant for the Brazilian Air Force - 99 built including 95 by Fokker Brazil.
- S-12
- Tricycle landing gear variant, one prototype built by Fokker and 49 production aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force built by Fokker Brazil.
- Macchi M.416
- Name used for licence built S-11-3 for the Italian Air Force.
- T-21
- Brazilian Air Force designation for the S-11-4
- T-22
- Brazilian Air Force designation for the S-12
- YT-22 Guanabara
- Brazilian built four-seat tricycle landing gear variant, one built
Operators
- Brazilian Air Force operated 100 aircraft in the 1960s and early 1970s.
- Bolivian Air Force operated 8 former Brazilian aircraft in the 1970s.
- Israeli Air Force operated 41 aircraft from 1951 to 1957.
- Italian Air Force operated 178 aircraft built by Macchi under licence as Macchi M.416 from 1951 to 1960s[3]
- Royal Netherlands Air Force - 39 aircraft delivered
- Dutch Naval Aviation Service- Nine aircraft delivered
- Paraguayan Air Armoperated 8 former Brazilian aircraft from 1972 to 1978.
Aircraft on display
Brazil
- T-21
- 0789 - On display at the Museu Aeroespacial (Brazilian Air Force Museum), Rio de Janeiro[4]
Italy
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- Macchi M.416
- MM53762 - On display at the Museo Storico dell'Aeronautica Militare di Vigna di Valle (Vigna di Valle) as 'AA-48'[5]
- MM53194 airframe, to be restored at the Volandia Parco e Museo del Volo' (Volandia Flight Museum)[6]
Netherlands
- S-11
- E-22 - on display at Nationaal Militair Museum[7]
- E-24 - in storage at Nationaal Militair Museum[8]
- S-12
- PH-NDC on display at the Schiphol Airport.[10]
Known airworthy aircraft
Netherlands
- S-11-1
- E-14, E-27, E-29 and E-39 (all former Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) planes, civilian registered as PH-AFS, PH-HOG, PH-HOK and PH-HOL respectively)[11]
Also known as 'The Fokker Four Foundation', an organization of Dutch volunteers that operate a fleet of four Fokker S-11 'Instructor' aircraft, that are able to fly and are shown to the public, at various
airshows around Europe. They are based at The Aviodrome museum at Lelystad Airport, Netherlands.[12]
- E-6, E-20, E-24, E-32 ((all former RNLAF planes) and 197 (former Royal Netherlands Navy plane), civilian registered as PH-GRB, PH-HOI, PH-HOE and PH-GRY, are with the RNLAF Historic Flight at Gilze-Rijen Air Base[13]
- 179/K (former RNLAF E-36, civilian registered as PH-ACG) civilian owned at Lelystad Airport[14] This plane crashed on 17 June 2023 and it is unknown whether it can be restored.[15]
- E-25 (former RNLAF plane, ex OO-LMC, registered PH-SII) under restoration at Lelystad Airport[16]
United States of America
- E-11 (former RNLAF plane, civilian registered as N911J)[17] Civilian owned at CCB Cable Airport, Upland California.
Specifications (S-11)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54.[18]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Height: 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 18.5 m2 (199 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 810 kg (1,786 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 150 L (40 US gal; 33 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × flat-sixengine, 140 kW (190 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 209 km/h (130 mph, 113 kn)
- Cruise speed: 164 km/h (102 mph, 89 kn)
- Range: 630 km (390 mi, 340 nmi) [19]
- Service ceiling: 3,850 m (12,630 ft)
- Time to altitude:
- 5.6 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
- 25.4 min to 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
- Saab 91 Safir
- T-34 Mentor
References
- ^ "FOKKER S.11 INSTRUCTOR". Flight Manuals. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ "Fokker S-11 Instructor - Specifications - Technical Data / Description". www.flugzeuginfo.net. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ .aeroflight
- ^ Airhistory.net / 0789
- ^ Museo Storico Aeronautica Militare / MACCHI M-416 (in Italian)
- ^ Eurodemobbed / Milan - Volandia museum, Italy
- ^ S-11 / E-22 Archived 2017-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Nationaal Militair Museum Retrieved: 14 October 2017.
- ^ S-11 / E-24 Archived 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Nationaal Militair Museum Retrieved: 14 October 2017.
- ^ S-12 / PH-NDC
- ^ HDekker.info / PH-NAA - PH-NZZ (in Dutch)
- ^ Fokker Four / Onze vliegtuigen (in Dutch)
- ^ "Stichting Fokker Four". Stichting Fokker Four (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ KLu Historische Vlucht / Fokker S11 “Instructor”
- ^ AirOnline / PH-ACG Fokker S.11.1 Instructor maakt weer geluid (in Dutch)
- ^ [1]
- ^ AirOnline / Fokker S.11. OO-LMC keert terug naar Nederland als PH-SII (in Dutch)
- ^ FlightAware / N911J Aircraft Registration)
- ^ Bridgman 1953, pp. 169–170.
- ^ Smith 1949, p.220.
Bibliography
- Aloni, Shlomo. Stearman Replacement — Replaced by a Stearman. ISSN 0143-5450
- Bridgeman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54. London: Jane's All The World's Aircraft Publishing Company, 1953.
- Smith, Maurice A. "Fokker S.11 Instructor in the Air". Flight, 24 February 1949. pp. 218–221.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fokker S.11.
- Airliners.net - Photos of the Fokker S-11
- Fokker Four website (currently in Dutch only)
- Fokker S-11 pilot manual (Dutch)