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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.
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Gonzalo Carballo, Esteban Lerín & Carlos Abella

Never delivered #25

 


Fokker presented its F-28 PH-MOL (cn.11003) to KLM; however, the airline showed no interest in the aircraft, contending that it could not compete against Boeing or Douglas with a "small Fokker." Initially, the only Dutch carrier to procure the F-28 was Martinair, which acquired an F-28 Mk.1000 (PH-MAT). It was not until the late 1970s that a KLM subsidiary finally purchased the F-28: NLM, which eventually became a prominent operator of the Mk.4000 variant.

Source: Interview with Fokker test pilot Abe van der Schaaf on upinthesky.nl.

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