Fokker F28

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Fokker F28

The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a short range jet airliner designed and built by Dutch aircraft manufacturer, Fokker.

1 History
2 Specifications
3 Operators
- 3.1 Civilian operators
- 3.2 Military Operators
4 Accidents and incidents
5 References
6 See also

[edit] History

Announced by Fokker in April 1962, production was a collaboration between a number of European companies namely Fokker, MBB of Germany, Fokker-VFW, also of Germany and Short Brothers of United Kingdom. There was also government money invested in the project, with the Dutch government providing 50% of Fokker's stake and the German government had 60% of the 35% German stake. In terms of responsibility for production, Fokker designed and built the nose section, centre fuselage and inner wing, MBB/Fokker-VFW constructed the forward fuselage, rear fuselage and tail assembly, Shorts designed and built the outer wings.

Final assembly of the Fokker F28 was at Schiphol Airport in Netherlands.

The first prototype, registered PH-JHG, first flew on May 9, 1967, with certification was achieved on February 24, 1969. The first order was from German airline LTU, but the first revenue-earning flight was by Braathens on March 28, 1969 who operated five F28s. The aircraft layout, with t-tail and two Rolls-Royce Spey 550 engines mounted on the rear fuselage made it similar to its contemporaries, the BAC 1-11 and DC-9.

The Fokker F28 can seat up to 65 passengers.

By the time production ended in 1987, 241 airframes were built. The initial model, the "-1000," was complimented with a "-2000" with the fuselage lengthened by 7ft 3in. The "dash 2000" first flew on April 28, 1971, allowing seating for up to 79 passengers. Only 10 -2000s were built before uprated Spey 555 engines and leading edge slats for improved performance were introduced on the models "-5000" (the shorter moder) and "-6000" (longer). Subsequently, these were also superseded by the "-3000" (shorter model) and the "-4000" (longer), still with the Spey 555 engines but with an increased wing span. The "-4000" model was first flown on October 20, 1976.

[edit] Specifications

	-1000	-2000	-3000	-4000
Length:	89 ft 11 in (27.40 m)	97 ft 2 in (29.61 m)	89 ft 11 in (27.40 m)	97 ft 2 in (29.61 m)
Wingspan:	77 ft 4 in (23.58 m)		82 ft 3 in (25.07 m)
Wing area:	822.4 ft² (76.40 m²)		850.0 ft²; (78.97 m²)
Max takeoff weight:	65,000 lb (29,500 kg)		73,000 lb (33,100 kg)
Max cruising speed:	528 mph (849 km/h)		523 mph (843 km/h)
Range:	2,000 km	1,350 km	1,704 mi (2,743 km)	1,180 mi (1,900 km)
Service ceiling:	35,000 ft (10,700 m)
Engines:			2× Rolls-Royce RB183 "Spey" Mk555 turbofan engines

[edit] Operators

[edit] Civilian operators

In August 2006 a total of 92 Fokker F28 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service. Major operators include: AirQuarius Aviation (10), Libyan Arab Airlines (5), Gatari Air Service (5), Icaro Air (5) and Merpati Nusantara Airlines (23). Some 22 airlines operate smaller numbers of the type. ^[1]

[edit] Military Operators

The 250th Presidential Airlift Wing of the Philippine Air Force still maintains 1 Fokker F28, mainly for official domestic trips of the president of the Republic of the Philippines, as well as for the members of the president's cabinet.