FOKKER F-10 1927 In the United States, Fokker Aircraft Corporation developed and built a heavier, three-engine airliner, the F-10 (F-Ten) Trimotor, for 12 passengers, for the American market. Soon, however, a larger wing and a longer fuselage were adopted to accommodate 14 passengers, leading to the aircraft becoming known as the "Super Trimotor" or F-10A. Only a series of seven of the original F-10s, equipped with three 300 hp Wright J-6 engines, were built (c/n 1000 through 1006), which were delivered to Western Air Express, Shell, and Richfield Oil. Approximately sixty F-10As were built as passenger aircraft at the Hasbrouck Heights factory. A number of F-10 aircraft were delivered to the US Army Air Service under the type designation C-5, while the aircraft became known to the US Marines as the RA-4. The C-7A was the military designation for the F-10A. A twin-engine bomber based on the F-10A was developed experimentally, but it was never sold to the military.

Cn 1000 The F.10 of Western Air Express registered as 4458.

Cn 1000 Now registered as NC-4458 for WAE.

Cn 1002 With the registration 5358 of WAE in landing.

Cn 1003 Registered as 5614 over a mountain range.

Cn 1003 Registered as 5614 for Richfield Oil Company.

CN 1004. Registered as NC-8010 to Fokker. This F.10 had a different cockpit design.

Cn 1004 As NC-8010 now for Shell Peteroleum Corporation.

Cn 1005 As NC-8048 for WAE.

CN 1006 Side view of a Super Trimotor with the registration NC-8047 F-TEN for Western Air Express.

Cockpit of the F.10. In principle, the F.10 was flown by a single pilot, but the control wheel could be operated from either the right or left side.