FOKKER S.14 MACH-TRAINER 1951
Developed in 1951, the S.14 Mach-Trainer was the world's first jet training aircraft built as such. Until now, two-seater fighter jets had been used for pilot training.
The S.14 had a wide cockpit in which the two pilots sat side by side in ejection seats.
On May 20, 1951, the first test flight by Fokker's chief pilot Gerben Sonderman took place at Schiphol.
Originally the prototype, with registration L-1, had the Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 turbine also used in the Gloster Meteor. Later, the more powerfull RR Nene of 5100 lbs thrust was built in. Then the prototype received the registration K-1.
A series of twenty S.14 trainers equipped with Derwent turbines were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, which were used by the LVO for the advanced training of fighter pilots for many years.
Hopes of a major order for NATO air forces were lost, despite the fact that the S.14 emerged as the best jet-powered training aircraft in NATO competition.
