Fokker F-11

F-11 or B.IV
Role transport flying boat
Manufacturer Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America
Designer Alfred Gassner[1]
First flight 1928
Number built 6

The Fokker F-11 was a luxury flying boat produced as an 'air yacht' in the United States in the late 1920s. Technically the aircraft was the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America's Model 9. It was sold in North America as the Fokker F-11 and was offered in Europe as the Fokker B.IV.[2] By the time the first six aircraft had been constructed, it was already evident that the design was not going to sell well. A few were sold, two to notable multi-millionaires; Harold Vanderbilt and Garfield Wood each purchasing one. One was bought by Air Ferries in San Francisco. The F-11A cost $40,000 but the price was slashed to $32,500 as the depression set in during 1930.[3] The F-11 was a commercial failure.

  1. ^ Noboru Jyoko, Fairchild F. 91 Flying-boat Type Amphibian, Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society, Spring 1984, pg 16
  2. ^ "Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America Model 9 NC7887". NICO BRAAS COLLECTION. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fokker Plane Price Reduced". Aviation Week: 769. April 12, 1930.