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Fokker F.27
GT Air Fokker F-27-500 Friendship Stegmeier.jpg
Take off for a Fokker F.27-500.
Role Airliner
National origin Netherlands.
Manufacturer Fokker
First flight 1955
Introduction 1958
Status Active
Number built 586

The Fokker F.27 is a twin-turboprops airliner built in Netherlands. It was designed to replace Douglas DC-3's airliners. It can carry between 48 and 56 passengers. Fairchild FH-227 is an American licence-built variant, and Fokker 50 is a modernized variant. Some of them were acquired by militaries as cargo aircraft.

Images for kids

  • Aer Lingus Fokker Friendship Manchester 1965

    Aer Lingus was the first airline to operate the F27 Friendship

  • Braathens SAFE F27 LN-SUE

    Braathens SAFE F27-100 Friendship in August 1974

  • Dutch Air Force F-27-300M

    F27-300M Troopship of the Royal Netherlands Air Force in the mid 1970s

  • Fokker F27 operators

    Map of F27 operators. Light blue indicates civilian use only. Dark blue indicates both civilian and military use. Red indicates military use only.

  • T-42 Fokker Fk.27 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310479070)

    Argentine Air Force F27 T-42

  • PHFHF

    The first production Fokker F27 in NLM colours at an airshow in 2006

  • Fokker-F-27-Troopship

    F27-400M of the Indonesian Air Force at Dirgantara Mandala Museum in Yogyakarta

  • Fokker F-27-400M Troopship

    F27-400M of Thai Navy in 2012.

  • Rolls-Royce Dart Fokker F 27

    F27 Rolls Royce Dart

  • Finnish Air Force F-27-400M

    Finnish Air Force F-27-400M at Joensuu Airport

See also

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