Manufactured as a Fokker F-IV, the aircraft was purchased by the U.S. Army Air Service in June 1922 and re-designated the Air Service Transport 2, or T-2. One US Army Air Service ¬ T 2was modified to an Ambu¬lance aircraft, with the designation A 2.
Under the auspices of the U.S. Army Air Service, the Fokker T-2 made the first nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight in 1923. Required modifications for the transcontinental flight, such as increasing the fuel capacity, making structural reinforcements, and adding a second set of controls, were carried out at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Two failed attempts at a west-to-east crossing were followed by a successful east-to-west flight when Air Service Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready took off from Long Island, New York, on May 2 and landed at Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, on May 3, slightly more than 26 hours and 50 minutes later.
On October 5, 1922, Lieutenants John A. Macready and Oakley G. Kelly flew a Fokker T-2 over San Diego, California, for 35 hours, 18 minutes, and 30 seconds, setting a then unprecedented endurance record. It would have lasted much longer if the plane hadn’t run low on fuel.
Engine: Liberty V-12, 420 horsepower Wingspan: 24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)
Length: 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Weight: Gross, 4,932 kg (10,850 lb) at takeoff for coast-to-coast flight
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