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The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.It is the most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands; the F27 was also one of the most successful European airliners of its era.
Bolivia. Bolivian Army - 1 in use as of December 2024. [2] [3] Iran A Fokker F27 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Imperial Iranian Air Force, later Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - 5 [2] in service as of December 2024.
Fokker (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; lit. ' Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker ') was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company was founded by the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker and became famous during World War I for its fighter aircraft. During its most successful period in the 1920s ...
The aircraft was TAA's first Fokker Friendship F-27 aircraft; TAA was the first airline outside of Europe to order the type. TAA's director of engineering, John L. Watkins OBE, accepted the aircraft, registered VH-TFB, at the Fokker works near Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, on 6 April 1959.
The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 are versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined, turboprop, passenger aircraft formerly manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standard Fokker F27, while the FH-227 was an independently developed, stretched version.
F27 or F-27 may refer to: F-27 Sport Cruiser, a trimaran sailboat design; Fokker F27 Friendship, a 1955 Dutch turboprop airliner Fairchild F-27, a 1958 American variant of the turboprop airliner; HMS Lynx, a 1955 British Royal Navy Leopard-class Type 41 anti aircraft frigate; Fluorine-27 (F-27 or 27 F), an isotope of fluorine
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Fokker F27" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 21 June 1987, a Fokker F-27 200 operated by Burma Airways crashed near Hopong, Burma.The flight was carrying 45 occupants from Heho Airport to Monghsat Airport.The aircraft struck an 8,500 ft (2,600 m) mountain about 15 minutes after takeoff, killing everyone on board.