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The great success that Fokker achieved with its F27 model encouraged the Dutch manufacturer to go one step further. In this way, in Apr1962 the new project was announced: The F28 Fellowship.
On the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the prototype´s first flight, -May 9, 1967-, we glad to invite you to the launch of this new Blog fokkerfellowship28.blogspot.com, dedicated absolutely to the Fellowship.
We invite all those who are passionate about this small Dutch colossus to share their experiences, photographs, or information in this space. The site is under development, and we hope all readers will like it.
Welcome aboard

Gonzalo Carballo & Carlos Abella

* msn. 11035

FF. 01Jul1971. Fokker F-28 Mk.1000. PH-EXF Fokker-VFW 24Jun1971, cnx 03Aug1971. OB-R231 Aerocoop Perú ntu. PK-GJZ Garuda Indonesian Airways 19Aug1971, named “Musi”. Delivery flight by one Garuda pilot and two pilots from the aircraft factory, Amsterdam – Teheran – Karachi – Calcutta - Bangkok - Jakarta. Several days later, it began a five-day tour around Indonesia to test landing strips. The route was Jakarta - Bandung - Semarang - Surabaya - Denpasar - Ujung Pandang - Kupang - Ambon - Halmahera - Manado - Gorontalo - Balikpapan – Banjarmasin - Pontianak - Tanjung Pinang - Medan - Aceh - Medan - Pekanbaru - Padang - Palembang - Jakarta. The mission was a success, as the Fokker F-28 was able to land on all the runways, even those that were grass or gravel. Commercial flights began in Sep1971. PK-GVA rr 01Jul1974, named “Batanghari”. Fokker bt 26Aug1983. PH-EXN Fokker-VFW 09Sep1983. N283N Piedmont Airlines 30May1984. N456US USAir mgd 05Aug1989, rr22Oct1988. Seen wfu at Amarillo, first noted Dec1991. At Marana Pinal Airpark 27Apr1993. TT 38294 hours and 42700 landings. Canx Oct1994. C-FCRM Canadian Regional – Time Air 30Nov1994. Fleet # 138, named “Spirit of Ottawa”. InterCanadian 01Jun1995. Canadian Regional 20Jul1998. Air Canada Regional tfd, 22Nov2001. Air Canada Jazz nn Apr2002. Stored at Calgary 17Apr2002. Jazz Air Inc 17May2002. Still stored 19Sep2002 seen on basic Canadian colors. Seen at Saskatoon 23nov2002. Wfu May2016 no engines. Parked up at the Aero Logistics America hangar in Saskatoon, 25Apr2024. Derelict.

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