F27 Aircraft - My friends dad has not so fond memories of this plane. he was performing maintenance on the airlerons or tail and some idiot in the cockpit played with the controls, lost all of his fingers and some of his right hand!
My uncle Reul Hennick was one of the designers of this aircraft as well as the subsequent modifications. He worked for Fokker till he retired. He passed away a couple of years ago. He taught me how to play chess when I was a wee lad. When I got older I became a CH-47 Mechanic. I wish I could have talked with him more about his experiences. I do recall he was always proud of his work.
F27 Aircraft
I remember going from Chicago to Peoria Illinois a number of times in the F-27 as a kid, the big windows were great but most of the time I flew it was after dark. Later I parked aircraft on a number of ramps and the Dart has probably left me with permanent damage after the G-1's.
Remember introduction of the new F-27 at Santa Barbara Airport in 1958. My father was Chief of Police and part of a VIP group for the inaugural flight around SB County. Beautiful then and now. I'm now a private pilot and veteran USAF aircrew. Much appreciative of outstanding design.
I was working at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and I believe it was 1957, a airline congress was held at the airport. For the first time a Tupolev arrived from Moscow and for the first time a Caravelle. The F27 was rolled out of the hangar and the test pilot Flinterman took off, immediately into the air, circled the airport, wings vertical, on its axis and landed at he beginning of the runway to a full stop. Then he raced over to the hanger and stopped the airplane with its nose against the hanger door to a thunderous applause.
The last production version was the F27 Mk 600, combining the Mk 200 fuselage without the reinforced cabin floor but with the cargo door of the Mk 300/400 Combiplanes. The F27 Mk 600 introduced an optional roller-track quick-change interior so that the type could be used for passenger/cargo services. Other versions included the F27 Mk 400M and F27 Mk 500M military aircraft, an F27 Mk 400M aerial-survey version and an F27 Maritime suitable for coastal patrol, fishery protection, and search and rescue. Late production aircraft had an updated flight deck and cabin interior. Manufacture was shared by Dassault-Breguet (France), MBB (Germany) and SABCA (Belgium). When production was terminated in 1986 in favour of the Fokker 50, the company had sold 581 F27s alongside 205 Fairchild-built F-27/FH-227 variants. In mid-1991 Fokker stated that around 450 F27s were still in service and that the highest-time aircraft had made some 80,000 flights.
Fokker had produced some excellent airliners during the 'between wars' years, and with the end of World War II lost little time in formulating the design of a new medium-range aircraft in this category. The company's design study of 1950 was for a 32-seat transport to be powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines. Known as the P.275 project, it was enlarged slightly and modified to incorporate a circular-section pressurised fuselage by 1952, when Dutch government backing was sought for its construction and development.
I flew the aircraft in many years from 1993 until 2003. First in Air Nordic Sweden, Newair Billund Denmark, Channel Express UK and Ureka in Italy. We operaded the acft in pax aswell asin cargo version in various conditions from North Scandinavia and Russia down to Guinnea Eqvatorial in Africa. I got more than 4000 hours on the type and was really good in handflying at that time. Robert
The type was then designated Fokker F27, and the first of two prototypes made its maiden flight on 24 November 1955, powered by two Dart 507 turboprops. Of high-wing monoplane configuration, the F27 has a pressurised fuselage, retractable tricycle landing gear and accommodation for 28 passengers. The second prototype, with Dart Mk 511 engines and its fuselage lengthened by 0.91m to seat 32 passengers, was flown on 31 January 1957. Between the initial flights of these two prototypes, Fokker concluded an agreement with the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation for the latter to manufacture and market the F27 in North America, where it was known as the Fairchild F-27.
I have worked in aviation for nearly 50 years. One of my early jobs was with Schreiner Airways at the old Schiphil Airpor - now called Schiphil East. I have fond memories of our F27 fleet. I would love to see some pictures of Schreiner aircraft from those days. 1963-1967
I was a child in the 1960s while my dad was working for Airwest and later Hughes Airwest in Stockton, CA. I have fond memories of the aircraft and loved the flights we would take. The high wing design allowed for excellent viewing of the ground and I especially loved to sit under the wing and watch the hydraulics fight to overcome air resistance when the flight crew lowered the gear. It was a well designed aircraft.
The F 27 was the work horse of Wein Air Lines in Alaska in the 1960's and 1970's. Early model even had gun racks for flights to the bush, where passingers could put their firearms, in the gun racks as they borded the plane for the bush. Security wasn't necessay in those great days of flying, you just made sure your firearms were unloaded.Also you were glad to have a Wein pilot at the controls as they were the best in the business. It is a shame with what we have to endure today to take a plane trip.
a good plane.i work on this plane many years .maybe 25.but i say it is a good plane. a safety and long life plane. now i am retired from senegal air force but the fokker are fliying since 1976.thank you .fokker good job in africa. fokker is the plane of africa. i love fokker .if you need my help on fokker 27 contact me please.thanks.i went to italia for a d check of F.27. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
I was working on this aircraft as a ground /flight engineer betveen 2007-2010. It is a great old Lady, with many small problems. The main systems are working with pressurized air and during the winter time the air was leaking from everywhere.... I was 22yrs old, in 2007 and the aircraft were 50yrs old!.... nice memories!!!
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