Fokker F-11

The Fokker F-11 was a luxury flying boat produced as an 'air yacht' in the United States in the late 1920s.

[8] Both the fuselage and the wing were so extensively redesigned that they no longer bore much resemblance to their B.III and Fokker Universal origins.

[8] The pusher engine nacelle with a 525-horsepower Pratt & Whitney Wasp was strut mounted atop the wing.

[8] The production machine was the F-11A which had the F-14s wooden wing and a 525  hp Wright R-1750D Cyclone engine.

[9] The Fokker F-11A was a single-engined monoplane flying boat with a duralumin hull and wooden wing.

The "Air Yacht" was the invention of Grover Loening, who wished to sell his Model 23 cabin flying boat as a luxury sport and business airplane for wealthy men.

Gar Wood's Fokker F-11 Air Yacht led a "Great Lakes Cruise Survey", which beyond swells was attended by three reporters.

Later the sponson-landing gear was removed and wing floats were installed and c/n 901 became a flying boat.

The F-11 was originally equipped with the Super Universal wing and slightly shorter fuselage.

The dimensions of the F-11 were The F-11 was modified to F-11A standards and sold to Harold Vanderbilt to replace the lone B.IIIc which had been destroyed in a hangar fire during March 1928.

[11][9] F-11AHB c/n 904 NC127M – Given the Civil registration 127M, later NC127M, it was sold to famed boat racing and speedboat magnate Garfield Wood in 1929.

A photo exists of NC843W with Western Air Express markings, there is no airline record of the aircraft.

It crashed when it hit a tree on takeoff from McDames Lake, BC on June 28, 1935.

A large portion of the hull was recovered in 1978-1979 and put on display at the former Aviodome museum at Schiphol airport.

Fokker B.I
Air Ferries Fokker F-11A on San Francisco ramp