A Fokker S.14 Machtrainer of the Dutch Royal Air Force at the National Military Museum (NMM) in Soesterberg.
The Fokker S.14 "Machtrainer" is a jet trainer built by the Dutch aircraft factory Fokker. It served in the fighter pilot training of the Royal Netherlands Air Force between 1955 and 1967. This aircraft has straight wings with an air intake in the fuselage nose and is equipped with Martin-Baker ejection seats. Instructor and student sit side by side, an unusual arrangement for this category of trainers. The Fokker S.14 first flew on 19 May 1951 It is the first jet aircraft built by Fokker and the world's first trainer-designed aircraft equipped with a jet engine.
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