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218:
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212:South Africa
207:
197:
193:ADC Aircraft
170:
148:
147:
139:First flight
114:Number built
66:Manufacturer
26:
1376:F.K.28 Crow
1164:"Desoutter"
897:Performance
889:Propellers:
879:Powerplant:
709:New Zealand
639:Netherlands
408:During the
366:Deal Island
343:Bass Strait
289:New Zealand
239:New Zealand
227:Desoutter I
1559:Categories
975:References
861:Wing area:
519:Old Warden
458:ADC Cirrus
410:Winter War
386:Mildenhall
331:Launceston
277:Production
1388:aircraft]
1238:Koolhoven
849:Wingspan:
837:Capacity:
817:Data from
580:Australia
567:Argentina
548:Operators
478:Desoutter
414:Red Cross
398:Australia
394:Melbourne
335:Whitemark
309:Australia
247:Australia
223:Desoutter
217:The name
195:factory.
183:aircraft
149:Desoutter
121:Mk.II: 13
117:F.K.41: 6
75:Koolhoven
32:Desoutter
1432:aircraft
1339:aircraft
1265:aircraft
1240:aircraft
1138:, 1992.
1054:27 March
1029:27 March
1003:27 March
941:See also
780:(F.K.41)
534:Tasmania
448:Variants
426:Helsinki
262:ailerons
119:Mk.I: 28
81:Designer
855:Height:
843:Length:
819:Jackson
754:Finland
683:Hungary
670:Finland
657:Ireland
619:Denmark
593:Belgium
523:England
434:Tampere
418:Denmark
404:Finland
390:England
372:Denmark
235:British
219:Dolphin
126:History
60:Liaison
1544:F.K.59
1539:F.K.58
1534:F.K.57
1529:F.K.56
1524:F.K.55
1519:F.K.54
1514:F.K.53
1509:F.K.52
1504:F.K.51
1499:F.K.50
1494:F.K.49
1489:F.K.48
1484:F.K.47
1479:F.K.46
1474:F.K.45
1469:F.K.44
1464:F.K.43
1459:F.K.42
1454:F.K.41
1449:F.K.40
1444:F.K.36
1439:F.K.30
1420:F.K.35
1415:F.K.34
1410:F.K.33
1405:F.K.32
1400:F.K.31
1395:F.K.29
1371:F.K.27
1366:F.K.26
1346:F.K.22
1327:F.K.13
1322:F.K.12
1317:F.K.10
1184:Flight
1168:Flight
1156:
1142:
1127:
1113:
1077:
957:PWS-52
922:Range:
789:
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667:
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636:
616:
606:Canada
603:
590:
577:
564:
422:Danish
412:, the
323:Sydney
299:Wairoa
243:Sydney
229:. The
204:London
161:Surrey
93:Status
1312:F.K.9
1307:F.K.8
1302:F.K.7
1297:F.K.6
1292:F.K.5
1287:F.K.4
1282:F.K.3
1277:F.K.2
839:2 pax
831:Crew:
696:India
181:Dutch
1188:XXII
1172:XXII
1154:ISBN
1140:ISBN
1125:ISBN
1111:ISBN
1075:ISBN
1056:2022
1031:2022
1005:2022
881:1 ×
333:and
264:and
142:1930
134:1930
57:Type
532:in
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321:to
155:at
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