Fokker F.IV

The Fokker F.IV was an airliner designed in the Netherlands in the early 1920s, of which only two were ever made, both for the United States Army Air Service, which designated them T-2. It was built in typical Fokker style, the largest design the firm had yet made, as a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailskid undercarriage, an open pilot cockpit beside the engine and a cabin seating 12 passengers. The Army bought two during a promotional visit by Anthony Fokker, before they were built, and they were assembled at McCook Field after being shipped from Veere. The F.IV was too large for contemporary airlines and no more were sold. A Packard-built Liberty L-12 piston engine of 298 kW powered it. One T-2, modified to carry extra fuel, made the first nonstop coast-to-coast flight across the continental United States in May 1923, flown by Lieutenants Kelly and Macready, and it is preserved in the National Air and Space Museum; the other became an air ambulance, the A-2.