Fokker F27 Friendship - 50st Anniversary
Airborne for already 50 years now!
On November 24, 2005 - 14:29 hours local time the Netherlands, it was exactly 50 years ago (1955) since the first F27 Friendship aircraft (PH-NIV) made its maiden flight !
F27 take-off and landing movie, Nov. 24, 2005 (wmv file, 1.1 Mb)
Today various operators still operate the F27. Scroll down to see the list.
The F27 is used in various roles ranging from search and rescue, air-force missions, coast guard, parateam dropping, cargo, and passenger transportation.
Some interesting facts:
- Fleet accumulated FC: 17.965.000
- Fleet accumulated FH: 16.756.000
- Number of a/c built: 581
- Technical Design Life: 90.000 FC
- Various a/c have reached this Technical Design Life.
- The first a/c type with bonded (Redux-bonding) skin panels used on a large scale.
- The first F27 (proto) had a passenger door made out of wood, had no pressurized cabin and had a fuselage which was 1 m. shorter than mass production afterwards.
Photo by Willem Honders
Support in terms of parts availability, component reconditioning, aircraft heavy maintenance, training, documentation, and engineering support is still up and running at Fokker Services. F27 operators can rely on this support for many more years to come.
In order to keep the Fokker spirit alive and to celebrate the 50st anniversary, the dutch F27 Friendship Association, the Fokker Heritage Trust, and the National Aerospace Parc "Aviodrome" took-off with the F27 PH-FHF on November 24, 2005 at exactly 14:29 hours.
We are proud to see that the Fokker F27 - Friendship - is still going strong!
Congratulations to all who have made this aircraft such a success.
Kind regards,
FOKKER SERVICES.
Current F27 Operators with one or more F27 a/c
- FOKKER HERITAGE FLIGHT - NETHERLANDS
- AMERER AIR - AUSTRIA
- FARNAIR HUNGARY LTD - HUNGARY
- MINILINER SRL - ITALY
- SIXCARGO S.A.I. - ITALY
- MNG AIRLINES - TURKEY
- GT AIR - INDONESIA
- PT TRIGANA AIR SERVICE - INDONESIA
- MYANMA AIRFORCE - UNION OF MYANMAR
- ROYAL THAI NAVY - THAILAND
- EXECUTIVE AIRLINES ENGINEERING PTY. - AUSTRALIA
- EMPIRE AIRLINES - U.S.A.
- MOUNTAIN AIR CARGO - U.S.A.
- GHANA AIRFORCE - GHANA
- SENEGAL AIRFORCE - SENEGAL
- SPANISH AIRFORCE - SPAIN
- AIR CONTRACTORS LTD - UNITED KINGDOM
- ICELANDIC COAST GUARD - ICELAND
- WDL AVIATION - GERMANY
- AEROCONDOR S.A. - PERU
- ATLANTIC AIRLINES - HONDURAS
- PAKISTAN AIRFORCE - PAKISTAN
- PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES - PAKISTAN
- PAKISTAN NAVY - PAKISTAN
- TAM BOLIVIA - BOLIVIA
- FALCON EXPRESS CARGO AIRLINES - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- IRAN AIRFORCE - ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
- IRAN NAVY - ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
- IRANIAN ARMY - ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
- SEPAH NAVY FORCE - ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
- INDONESIAN AIRFORCE - INDONESIA
- PT INDONESIA AIR TRANSPORT - INDONESIA
- US ARMY PARA TEAM - U.S.A.
- AIR ALGERIE - ALGERIE
- ALGERIAN AIRFORCE - ALGERIE
- SOBEL AIR - GHANA
- FINNISH AIRFORCE - FINLAND
- FUERZA AEREA ARGENTINA - ARGENTINA
- PERUVIAN NAVY - PERU
- TURISMO AEREO - PANAMA