Flying Friendship - The Fokker F27 and Fokker 50

Подписаться 123 тыс.

Просмотров 72 тыс.

50% 1

Goedemorgen! :D
Once a common feature in the world of aviation, the Fokker F27 and later Fokker 50 were the highly successful but often overlooked workhorses of the regional turboprop scene, but in their near 40 years of production these aircraft changed the face of global air travel, opening up new corridors to regions previously untouched by commercial flight.
All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated RU-vidrs. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): rorymacveigh@gmail.com
The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images.
If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon.
Paypal: paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x...
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/rorymacve
Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D
References:
- FlightGlobal (and their respective references)
- Wikipedia (and its respective references)

Опубликовано:

4 июн 2021

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 222

@jozuavanlangenhove6586 2 года назад

I was a maintenance engineer on the VLM-AIRLINES Fokker 50's for ten years, all i can say is, this plane was very well build and very reliable. A real workhorse that needed less maintenance than equivalent types.

@adotintheshark4848 2 года назад

An F-27 was being tracked by ATC on radar when all of a sudden it vanished. No blip, no trace. The controller was beginning to sweat and was about to contact Emergency when the plane reappeared on the screen. The controller, relieved, was heard to say, "for a minute, I thought we'd lost that Fokker".

@kevingrady5316 Год назад

My first flight was on an F27, with East West Airlines(Australia) in 1970, Inverell to Sydney. Took off on a dirt runway from Inverell! Had many flights over the years on the F27 and it could handle the most horrific turbulence (Sydney to Cowra 1976), never forget it!!! Fond memories.

@Tirana44 3 года назад

Excellent video. I worked for Air U.K. for many years back in the 80s. The Friendship was a wonderful aircraft. It served the airline well, made money, and was popular with passengers and crews alike. Sad that the F27 is so very rare now.

@ewetoo 3 года назад

F27s were pivotal to regional Australian aviation in the 1960s-70s, I flew on them several times and had an Ansett bag from one for many years. I still remember the family cat meowing in the cargo compartment all the way to our destination on that flight! 😀

@duncanstone8758 2 года назад

My family lived in Page, Arizona during the early 1960's and I remember the Bonanza Airlines F-27s coming through on their route. Loved the whine of the engines.

@1slandB0y77 2 года назад

I fondly recall the scream of the F27's engines during the 70s on infrequent visits to Napier airport. In those days, NAC ran the Friendships up and down New Zealand. It wasn't until the 80s that Air NZ took over from NAC. I remember the F27's being a noisy aircraft to ride in, and my ears always hurt during the initial ascent and final descent. The cheap lollies the air steward passed out didn't help much, ha ha. But, despite how noisy they were to fly in, and their ear-splitting scream on the ground, I still think of them with happy memories, part of an era of aviation history that is sadly gone now.

@robmiller1964 3 года назад

Such a great line of aircraft; Fokker himself was an Anti Nazi, a man of immense courage! We had the Fokker Friendships flying in New Zealand and we loved them! I have fond memories of the Fokker Friendship! New Zealand has a special relationship with the Netherlands!

@ludwigmesser106 3 года назад

I remember Bonanza Airlines turboprop aircraft at San Diego's Lindbergh Airport in 1967 with my Mom and Dad. My Dad flew a DC-6 piston prop aircraft with an FAA pilots license rating.

@PaulR1200 3 года назад

Air New Zealand operated the F27 for a number of years(now retired), after the name change from NAC, and still to this day remains one of the few I have not flown on, but would have loved too. Thanks for another awesome, and highly informative episode. Cheers from NZCH

@davidcronan4072 3 года назад

Back in the 80's I flew in Air UK's F27 several times. One was Stansted to Southampton return and another Stansted to Edinburgh return. That former journey was just a positioning flight (out Saturday morning and back Sunday evening) so that the plane could be used for flights from Southampton to and from the Channel Islands at weekends, but I found out you could book a seat on that service for just £10 (which included a beverage). So myself, my wife and son took advantage of that very cheap trip.

@georgiathai4961 3 года назад

I flew the Fairchild F-27 and FH-227 here in the States. I was an instructor and check airman on the airplane. Very fond memories of that airplane. The whine of the Darts, the Dowty Rotol props and their locks, the sound of the air as the brakes released. Even all these years later I think I could get one started up. There was a whole lot of things that airplane wasn’t. It wasn’t new, it wasn’t fast and it wasn’t what I would call beautiful, but I dearly loved that old airplane. Thanks for a great video! Lots of memories.

@WAL_DC-6B 3 года назад

I flew numerous times on Mississippi Valley Airlines (MVA) Fokker F.27s back in the 1980s. The flights were always between Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Chicago's O'Hare Field. Yeah, miss the whine of those RR Darts!

@cellpat2686 Год назад

Amazing that both Mr. Fokker and the F27 which came many years after his death are always in the mind of aviation enthusiasts.

@avgaskoolaid4572 3 года назад

An interesting piece of information about this plane I heard from a former mechanic: the Dutch-built F27s and license built American Fairchild F-27s had nearly no maintenance commonality. Only the landing gear was interchangeable between the two aircraft. Everything else was different enough to require totally different parts and maintenance procedures. Very strange for a license-built plane that outwardly looks identical to the original.

@leokimvideo 2 года назад

Yep, the black box was developed in Australia

@Mancozeb100 3 года назад

Remember their lovely distinctive sound when the Aer Lingus ones flew over - into and out of Dublin, in the ‘60s.

@theharper1 3 года назад

I flew on the Fokker Friendship many times as a child. I hate to burst your bubble, but they weren't primarily used on flights "in the outback" in Australia. Most were flying between capital cities and regional cities and towns. Two flights I remember were between Sydney and Cooma, as well as Sydney and Canberra. I think that was Ansett.

@redrose_666 3 года назад

A Dutch plane is a Fokker. Mud is "modder" in Dutch. So a Dutch plane that can land on bad airstrips is a....... :-D

@charliescott7764 3 года назад

Used to be flown on them by Aer Lingus between Glasgow and Dublin in the 60's. They replaced DC3's so you didn't have to walk up the hill to your seat. Beautiful aircraft.