Fokker F27 Friendship

what is it?

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. As a result it became the best-selling European turboprop airliner.

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

base stats

• speed 460 km/hcruise speed
• range 2,600 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 52passengers
• size 19.8 tmax take-off weight
• built 793made 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.
• 🚗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).
• 🌍Range of 2,600 km: 14× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1955-11-24

introduced

1958

status

still flying

number built

793

role

regional airliner

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

makers

Fokker

engines

2× Rolls-Royce Dart Mk.532-7

crew

2

passengers

52

length

25.1 m

wingspan

29 m

height

8.7 m

max take-off weight

19.8 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

460 km/h

range

2,600 km

ceiling

9,935 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

F27

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

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