Fokker F27 / Fairchild F-27 / FH-227 Friendship Family
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a high-wing twin-turboprop regional-aircraft family conceived as a more comfortable and economical successor to the DC-3. Its pressurized cabin, rugged layout, and large family of passenger, cargo, combi, military transport, maritime-patrol, and survey variants made it a global short-haul workhorse. Fokker built the design in the Netherlands while Fairchild produced related F-27 and stretched FH-227 versions under license in the United States.
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Identity
- Aliases
- F.27 FriendshipF27 FriendshipFokker FriendshipFairchild F-27Fairchild Hiller FH-227F27 Troopship
- Family Name
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Full Name
- Fokker F27 / Fairchild F-27 / FH-227 Friendship Family
- Roles
- airlinercargomilitaryutilityreconnaissance
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Fokker F27 Friendship is a high-wing twin-turboprop regional-aircraft family conceived as a more comfortable and economical successor to the DC-3. Its pressurized cabin, rugged layout, and large family of passenger, cargo, combi, military transport, maritime-patrol, and survey variants made it a global short-haul workhorse. Fokker built the design in the Netherlands while Fairchild produced related F-27 and stretched FH-227 versions under license in the United States.
- First Flight Year
- 1,955
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- F27 Mark 500 Dart 532-7 installation
- Notes
- Applies only to the Fokker F27 Mark 500 branch. EASA.A.036 lists two Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 engines among the approved Mark 500 installations; other F27 marks and Dart variants remain unmodeled.
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.fokker-history.com/en-gb/f-27
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 12:36:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 06:59:02 UTC