The Koolhoven F.K.43 was a small four-seat
, single-engined monoplane passenger aircraft manufactured by
Koolhoven
N.V. Koolhoven was an aircraft manufacturer based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. From its conception in 1926 to its destruction in the Blitzkrieg in May 1940, the company remained the second major Dutch aircraft manufacturer (after Fokker). Althoug ...
in
the Netherlands. It was a direct successor of the
F.K.41.
It was a quite successful design with good flying qualities.
KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...
purchased twelve aircraft and used it as a flying taxi and for pilot training. Two of these were built by
Aviolanda.
At the outbreak of
World War II, four F.K.43s were requisitioned by the
Royal Netherlands Air Force
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. One of these escaped destruction by flying to
England, where it was taken into use as a liaison aircraft by the
Royal Air Force.
After the war another eight aircraft, powered by a
Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major radial engines were manufactured by
Fokker
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names. It was founded in 1912 in Berlin, Germany, and became famous for its fighter aircraft in World War I. In 1919 ...
(the aircraft were called "Fokhovens"). Only one of these heavily modified aircraft has survived until today.
Specifications (F.K.43)
See also
References
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1930s Dutch civil utility aircraft
F.K.43
Aircraft first flown in 1931
High-wing aircraft
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