Fairchild F-27

what is it?

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.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 29 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 473 km/htop speed
• seats 52passengers
• size 19.7 tmax take-off weight
• built 78made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 71 years ago, in 1955.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 29 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1955-11-24

introduced

1958

status

retired

number built

78

role

airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Fairchild

engines

2× Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7 Mk 532-7L

passengers

52

length

25.5 m

wingspan

29 m

height

8.4 m

max take-off weight

19.7 t

top speed

473 km/h

cruise speed

434 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,534 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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