Fokker F.XXXVI

The Fokker F.XXXVI, also known as the Fokker F.36, was a 1930s Dutch four-engined airliner for 32 passengers and the largest transport that Fokker designed and built. Only one was made, registered PH-AJA, which first flew on 22 June 1934. It was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear, an all-wood wing and a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage, powered by four Wright Cyclone radial piston engines in the wing leading edge, and carried four crew and 32 passengers in four eight-seat cabins. Fokker went to great lengths to soundproof the cabin so passengers could talk in a normal voice after takeoff. The airliner came to market as the industry moved to all-metal aircraft, and with no orders it was used on commercial routes from 1935 and then for training by the Royal Air Force until 1940.