F-28 Mk. 5000 & 6000

F.28 Mark 5000 Description

Proposal which combined the Mk.1000's fuselage with the Mk.6000's slats, longer wings and uprated engines but was never built.

F.28 Mark 6000 Description

In 1971 Fokker began to study an improved take-off performance versions of the F.28. The prototype, in its Mark 2000 form, was modified by the addition of leading edge slats over the whole wingspan, fitting of uprated 9,900lb thrust Spey Mk.555-15Hs and some structural modifications to increase MTOW to 70,800lb. The new variant, designated Mark 6000, flew on December 15th 1972 and was certificated on October 30th 1975.

Performance: The Mark 6000 could carry 70 passengers over 880nm from airfields only 4,300ft long. However the version did not prove to be a success, with the Mark 4000 being more popular. Only two were delivered to Air Mauritanie in 1983, having been built in 1975. Both aircraft remained in service at January 1993.

* msn. 11001

FF. 09may1967. PH-JHG. F-28-1000. Black and green color scheme. Repaint to orange & Brown colors 1969. Converted Mk.2000 (FF. 28apr1971). Seen 05Jun1971 at Paris Air Show 1971, Le Bourget with identification # 652. Seen at ILA ’72, Hannover, May1972. Converted to Mk.6000 (FF. 27aug1973). Seen at Farnborough 1974, Sep1974. Seen at Paris Air Show, Le Bourget 1975, Jun1975, with id # 327. F-100 avionics testbed (FF 03sep1985). Sold to TAT on 12Apr1988 for spares. Derelict with many parts missing 28Apr1991.

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FF. 10Jul1975. Fokker F-28 Mk.6000 prototipe. Test on a gravel runway at Pakistan, 1976. PH-SIX. Linjeflyg li 30Jul1976 – 23Dec1976. Converted to Mk.4000. But retained its two overwing exits instead of the four of the standard -4000. Seen at Paris Le Bourget 12Jun1977, id #311. NLM Cityhopper li 17Apr1978– 09Apr1979. Libyan Arab Airlines li 27Apr1979 – 12Sep1979. Stored at Woensdrecht. Modified to Mk.6000. N28CC Coleman Air Transport “David”, to be delivered Sep1979, ntu. Pars Air li 26Jul1980 – 15Feb1981. Linjeflyg li 26Nov1981 – 01Dec1982. Converted to Mk.4000 again!. 5T-CLF Air Mauritanie 15Dec1983.  w/o 01Jul1994 Tidjika crashed on landing in sandstorm.

* msn. 11093

FF. 06ct1975. Fokker F-28 Mk.6000. Seen parked at Woensdrecht Apr1976, all white with windows and cockpit covered. PH-ZBL. Linjeflyg li 13Aug1976 – 08Mar1977, red cheatline cs. Converted to Mk.4000. EP-PBB Pars Air li 30Jun1977 – 30Jun1980. N29CC Coleman Air Transport, to be delivered Mar1980, ntu. Pars Air li 20Feb1981 – 10Sep1981. rr PH-ZBL 30Nov1981. NLM Cityhopper li 09Dec1981 – 09Feb1982, all white with titles. 5T-CLG Air Mauritanie 19Dec1983. Arr Woensdrecht 17nov2000 for overhaul, seen 15Jan2001, seen Mar2001 repainted (same/nw col?). Seen in service at Banjul 18Mar2004. 5Y-JLA JetLink Express 11Oct2005. First repo due for South African Safari Express. International Soekarno-Hatta airport Jakarta arrived Dec2005, no previous markings, yellow tail with "J" marking, poss used for spares for cn 11161. Seen at Nairobi 21Jun2007, str NBO 16Apr2011 repo East African Safari Air Express. Seen stored 09Jun2011. Seen in service Jun2011. Stored 09Jun2011. Seen in service Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar es Salaams and Nairobi (flights to Kisumu) Dec2012. Airline ceased operations 17Nov2012. Seen stored 27Dec2012 Nairobi fcs. Noted 06Dec2021 in the storage area of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta airport. Derelict.