Never delivered #32

 

The 1978 American promotional tour of the Fokker F-28 Mk.4000 also included Colombia, which was the first South American country visited by the new Fellowship model. While there, it performed demonstration flights for Avianca and its subsidiaries, SAM (Sociedad Aérea Medellín) and Aerocóndor. At that time, the Colombian government operated a Fokker F-28 Mk.1000 VIP for presidential transport.

 Although the 1978 tour did not yield any immediate orders or purchases from Colombian airlines, Fokker aircraft were indeed acquired in the following decades. SATENA purchased F-28 Mk.3000s in the 1980s, and Avianca, along with its subsidiary SAM, later acquired Fokker 50s and 100s.

What would have happened if these companies had purchased the Fokker F-28 Mk.4000 back in 1978?

A Rare View of the Argentine Naval Aviation F-28 Fleet

    A photograph taken at Ezeiza in Oct2014 offers a glimpse into the condition of the Argentine Naval Aviation’s Fokker F-28 Mk.3000 fleet.
    Of the three aircraft captured in the image, only 0742/5-T-21 msn. 11150, remained in operational service at the time. Meanwhile, 0741/5-T-20 ms. 11145, had already been stripped of part of its components, reflecting the gradual decline of the fleet.
    As for 0740/5-T-10, ms. 11147, entirely devoid of markings and wearing its characteristic “all-white” appearance, it seemed to have regained a measure of dignity whilst sheltered inside the Ezeiza hangar, where the faint titles of “Armada Argentina” could still just be discerned beneath the paintwork.
    The photograph, received quite by chance through an acquaintance connected to the aviation world, ultimately became a small documentary testament to the final years of these historic naval F-28s.

Read the original text in Spanish HERE.

Never delivered #31

 

In September 1973, Fokker conducted a promotional tour to Brazil, where they  took the opportunity to show case the Fokker F-28 Fellowship.

The Fokker F-28 Mk.1000 Fellowship PH-ZAV (cn.11032) landed in Brazil on September 11, 1973. Three days later, on September 14, it participated in an air show in the city of São Paulo. Between September 14 and 23, 1973, the first international aerospace show was held at São José dos Campos International Airport in the São Paulo metropolitan area, located 90 kilometers from São Paulo.

Finally, on September 24, 1973, the PH-ZAV performed demonstration flights for VARIG, VASP, and the Brazilian Civil Aviation Directorate.

What would have happened if VASP had purchased theFokker F-28 Fellowship?.