Fokker F27
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The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
History
Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful DC-3 airliner. The manufacturer evaluated a number of different configurations before finally deciding on a high wing twin Rolls-Royce Dart engined layout with a pressurised cabin for 28 passengers.
The first prototype, registered PH-NIV, first flew on 24 November 1955. The second prototype and initial production machines were 3 ft (0.9 m) longer, addressing the first aircraft's slightly tail-heavy handling and also providing space for more passengers. These aircraft also used the more powerful Dart Mk 528 engine.
In 1956 Fokker signed a licensing deal with the US aircraft manufacturer Fairchild for the latter to construct the aircraft in the USA. The first U.S.-built aircraft flew on 12 April 1958.
As at the end of the Fokker F27s production, 786 units had been built (including 206 in the USA by Fairchild), which makes it the most successful turboprop airliner of all time.
In the early 1980s, Fokker developed a successor to the Friendship, the Fokker F50, with upgraded engines and systems.
Variants
The first production model of the Fokker F27, the F27-100, which seated 44 passengers, was initially deliveried to Aer Lingus in September 1958.
Other versions of the Fokker F27 include:
- F27-100 - was the first production model;
- F27-200 - uses the Dart Mk 532 engine;
- F27-300 Combiplane - Civil passenger/cargo aircraft;
- F27-300M Troopship - Military transport version for Royal Netherlands Air Force;
- F27-400 - "Combi" passenger/cargo aircraft, with two Rolls-Royce Dart 7 turboprop engines and large cargo door;
- F27-400M - Military version;
- F27-500 - The most ubiquitous Fokker F27 model the -500, had a 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) longer fuselage, a return back to the Dart Mk 528 engine, and accommodation for up to 52 passengers. It first flew in November 1967;
- F27-500M - Military version;
- F27-500F - A version of the -500 for Australia with smaller front and rear doors;
- F27-600 - Cargo version of -200;
- F27-700 - A F27-100 with a large cargo door;
- F27 Maritime - Unarmed maritime reconnaissance version;
- F27 Maritime Enforcer - Armed maritime reconnaissance version; and
- FH227 - Fairchild-Hiller stretched version.
Specifications
- Length: 77 ft 2 in (23.5 m)
- Span: 95 ft 2 in (29.0 m)
- Wing area: 753 ft² (70.0 m²)
- Max takeoff weight: 42,000 lb (19,050 kg)
- Max Cruising speed: 300 mph (483 km/h)
- Range: 912 miles (1,468 km)
- Service ceiling: 32,600 ft (9900 m)
- Engines: 2x Rolls-Royce Dart Mk528 turboprops
Operators
Fokker F27 operators - past and present
The F-27 is one of the most widely used airliners in the world, though the Douglas DC-3 holds the record.
Many aircraft have passed from passenger service into cargo or express-package freighter roles.
Pakistan International Airlines has been operating Fokker F27 aircraft in the difficult terrain of Northern Areas of Pakistan. It currently has six Fokker F27 aircraft in its fleet which are planned to be retired by the end of 2006.
Airlines
- Aerocaribe - Mexico
- Air Algérie - Algeria
- Aer Lingus - Ireland
- Air Congo
- Air Executive Norway
- Air France
- Air Inter - France
- Air Ivoire
- Air New South Wales
- Air New Zealand
- Air Panama
- Air Sinai
- Air Tanzania
- Air UK
- Air Zaire
- Air West Express
- Aeronica
- All Nippon Airways - Japan
- Air ALM - The Netherlands Antilles
- Ansett Airlines - Australia
- Associated Airlines of Australia
- ATI - Aero Transport Italiani
- Balair - Swiitzerland
- Bali International Air Service
- Bangladesh Biman - Bangladesh
- Braathens SAFE - Norway
- British Midland - UK
- Busy Bee - Norway
- BMA
- CATA Línea Aérea - Argentina
- Channel Express - UK
- Cubana de Aviación - Cuba
- Delta Air Lines - USA
- DETA - Mozambique Airlines
- East African Airways
- East-West Airlines (Australia)
- Elbee Airlines - India
- Euroceltic Airways
- Expresso Aéreo
- Farnair Hungary
- FedEx
- FTG Air Service - Germany
- Garuda Indonesia
- Iberia Airlines - Spain
- Icelandair
- Indian Airlines
- Iran Asseman
- Korean Airlines
- Kenya Airways
- Lloyd Aero Bolivano
- LADE - Haiti
- Laoag
- Lesotho Airways
- Libyan Arab Airlines
- Lloyd Aereo Boliviano - Bolivia
- Luxair - Luxembourg
- Maersk Air - Denmark
- Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
- Missisippe Valley Airlines - USA
- Nigeria Airways
- NZNAC
- Northeast Airlines
- Mactan
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines - Indonesia
- Mountain Air Cargo (FedEx Feeder)
- Myanma Airways
- NEPC Airlines - India
- NLM Cityhopper
- Norcanair
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pelita Air Service
- Piedmont Airlines - USA
- Philippine Airlines
- Pilgrim Airlines - USA
- Scibe Airlift Cargo Zaire
- Sempati Air Transport - Indonesia
- Sky Team - Germany
- Somali Airlines
- Starair - Finland
- Sudan Airways
- TAA (Trans Australia Airlines)
- TAM Linhas Aéreas
- T.A. de la Guinee-Bissau
- TAVAJ - Linhas Aéras Brazil
- THY (Turkish Airlines)
- Trans Australia Airlines - (now QANTAS)
- Union of Burma Airways
- Uganda Airways
- Union of Burma Airways
- Aerolineas SOSA - Honduras
- TAAG Air Angola
- WDL Aviation - Germany
Military Operators Past and Present
- Algerian Airforce
- Angola
- Argentine Air Force
- Australian Navy
- Biafran Air Force
- Bolivian Air Force
- Burma/Myanmar
- Finnish Air Force
- Ghana Air Force
- Guatemalan Air Force
- India (Coast Guard)
- Indonesian Air Force
- Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
- Iceland (Coast Guard)
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Mexico
- Royal Netherlands Air Force
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- Nigerian Air Force
- Pakistan Air Force
- Pakistan Navy
- Peruvian Navy
- Philippine Air Force
- Philippine Navy
- Senegambia Air Force
- Spanish Air Force
- Sudan
- Thai Navy
- United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights (C-31A Troopship)
- Uruguay
Government Agencies
- Department of Civil Aviation - Australia
- The Dutch Royal Flight
- Icelandic Coast Guard
- Iranian Government
- France Institute Geographique
- Securité Civil - France
Organisations and Corporations
- F27 Friendship Association - The Netherlands
- Libyan Red Crescent
- National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
Accidents
- TAA Fokker Friendship disaster - June 10, 1960 (Mackay, Queensland, Australia): 29 fatalities - this is still the deadliest Australian aircraft accident in history. The investigation was not able to determine a probable cause of this accident.
- On February, 2003, a military Fokker F-27 crashed in northwestern Pakistan killing Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, his wife and 15 others.
- Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-688 carrying 45 people crashed 2-3 minutes after take off from Multan airport on July 10, 2006. There were no survivors. Engine fire was suspected as the cause of the crash. [News story by BBC]
See also
External links
- [Stork Aerospace Homepage]
- [F27 Friendship Association] *[Photo Gallery] (in Dutch and English)
- [External museum photo]
- [Fokker, a living history]
- [Fokker F27 Info]
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