Never delivered #5

 

Rotterdam Airlines was a Dutch company that intended to operate from Rotterdam Airport. On 30Nov1978 it was authorized to operate regular flights to Gatwick, Luxemburg, Basle, Turin, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Le Havre, Bordeaux. In 1979 he ordered an F-28 Mk.4000 - cn 11148 - which he never took and was finally acquired by Pelita Air Services, registered as PK-PJW. The company began operations with only Boeing 737-2M8 registered PH-RAL. It flew between Nov1983 and Mar1984.

Never delivered #4

 

The German government had ordered three F-28 Mk.5000Cs, a new version based on the Mk.1000 with a cargo door, from Fokker for the Luftwaffe.

The VFW-Fokker 614 had made its first flight on July 14, 1971, it was a German design for small airlines that made short flights. Fokker cooperated with VFW for the development of this aircraft.

The German government to support the VFW-Fokker 614 changed the order of the F-28 Mk.5000C for three VFW-614. One of the F-28s was cn 11106 which was reassigned to Garuda Indonesia, registered PK-GVW. It was then sold to Piedmont, identified as N273N. Transferred to US Air as N453US. It was eventually acquired by Time Air in 1991 and received the registration C-FTAV.

Actually Time Air Historical Society is making an effort to preserve the exact aircraft. The aircraft will be at cornerstone of our Aviation Museum and Event Centre.

 

Information provided by Time Air Historical Society.

Acknowledgments: Arnold Bejeman, Rick Barry and Esteban Lerin.

Never delivered #2

 

In July 1998 the President of Argentina attempted to donate the Fokker F-28 Mk.1000 cn 11048 to the government of Bolivia, at that time the aircraft had the registration T-02 and operated for the Presidential Air Group. The donation was prevented by legislators.
Some time later the plane returned to the Presidential Air Group. It made its final flight on April 21, 2015, from the El Palomar Air Base to the Morón airport. On June 10, 2015 it was donated to the National Museum of Aeronautics, where it continues to be preserved to this day.

Never delivered #1

    In the airline industry it is common to see cases of planes not taken by airlines. They were ready to be delivered and even painted in the colors of the new operators, but for some reason they were not delivered.     On other occasions, manufacturers promote their products and try to capture the interest of potential customers, even making artistic images of the airplanes in the colors of future buyers. The Fokker F-28 was no exception to these practices.

    For the spotter environment, those not delivered, or not taken are called with the abbreviation "ntu".

    In 1995, the F-28 Mk.1018 VH-FKA (cn 11021) that had just finished operating for Ansett Australia was ready to fly with the chilean company LADECO. Finally it was not incorporated into the fleet, at that time the airline opted in favor of BAC One Elevens. 

There must have been some chance that it were replaced by F-28s Fellowship?

* 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.

* msn. 11002

FF. 03Aug1967. PH-WEV. F-28-1000. Black & orange cs. Wfu Amsterdam May1972. Broken up in 1975. Cockpit preserved, seen at Boeing Avenue 351, Shiphol-Rijk 24Oct2016 by Johan Hetebrij.

* msn. 11003

FF. 20oct1967. PH-MOL. F-28-1000. Black & violet cs. Seen at ILA Hannover, Apr1968. Demo tour Australia, New Zealand & Fiji Islands, Feb-Mar1969. Seen at Perth airport 15Feb1969. Seen at Hokitika, New Zealand 01Mar1969, demo on a grass runway. Seen at Wellington early Mar1969. Itavia li 15Apr1969 – 03Nov1969. rr LN-SUM Braathens – SAFE li 17Dec1969 – 24Apr1970. Seen at ILA Hannover, Apr1970 in Braathens – SAFE cs. Southamerican demo tour. Seen at Ezeiza & La Rioja –gravel rwy demo-, May1970 wiht Braathens – SAFE/ Fokker hibrid cs. Repaint in orange & Brown 1970. Seen at Farnborough, Sep1970. PH-MOL, Braathens – SAFE li 28Jun1970 – 03Aug1970. Seen at Farnborough air show 11- 13Sep1970. LTU li 17Mar1971 – 31May1971. Alisarda li 01Jun1971 – 30Sep1971. Ghana Airways li 01Nov1971 – 15Nov1974. Nigeria Airways li 13Feb1975 – 07May1975. Air Gabon li 30Jun1975 – 03Oct1975. Seen 01Jan1976 at Salzburg in basic blue Air Gabon cs. Martinair Holland li 01Jan1976 – 31Jan1977. Nigeria Airways ntu. Air Anglia li 07Aug1978 – 30Jul1979. EP-PBF ParsAir li 22Aug1979 – 25Dec1980. PH-MOL Fokker ret. Air Alsace li 25Apr1981 – 04May1981. Lina Congo li 11Jun1982 – 02Sep1982. TAT li 24Sep1982 – 04Nov1984. Air UK li 05Nov1984 – 05Nov1985. rr F-GMOL TAT li 13Nov1985 – 20Oct1986. P2-ANL Air Niugini li 27Oct1986 – 27Oct198). F-GIMG TAT li 27Oct1986. rr F-GIMH Aug1989 TAT purchased.Wfu Dinard seen on Jun1992 Iran Ass tit li fr Slibail. (Seen 28Jul1993 Orly white, ret Iran Ass?? or never been there). Seen 19Mar1994 all white, Orly opf TAT. Lina Congo li Feb1995 – 03Feb1996. C5-ADD Air Dabia Dec1996, seen on Dec1997 & May1998 at  Dinard fc (id still not 100%). TZ-ASH Air Mali li (29oct1998). Seen at Abidjan, repo stored at Bamako by Jul2001 time expired engines, seen on dec2002 in good condicions. Stored 23nov2007. Inspected by Willem Honders, an Aviodrome hot shot, cockpit wiring etc ripped out, but externally relatively complete. Reported on Mar2008 bought and to be brought back to Netherlands for preservation at Aviodrome, Lelystad in old Fokker colours, but ntu. Seen on dec2014 at Bamako as wreck/dump, same  on Sep2018. 

# Add: Record of operators with 21 airlines PH-MOL users!.

* msn. 11008

FF. 24Jul1969. F-28 Mk.1007. PH-ZAC not used. PH-MAT  NV KNV Fokker, Schiphol-Oost 04Aug1969. Demo on gravel runway at at Skardu Airport, Pakistan Aug1969. Martinar Holland li 01oct1969. Named “Prinses Margriet”. First F-28 to visit Liverpool, 03Apr1970. Linjeflyg sli 21Mar1974- 10may1974. Operated on behalf of Air France on domestic Germany routes and carries Air France titles, 03 to 13Jun1974. Linjeflyg sli 07Mar1975 – 25Apr1975. Linjeflyg sli 11Mar1976 – 16Ago1976, small Linjeflyg stickers next to passenger door. Linjeflyg sli 01Nov1976 – 20Dec1976. Air Alsace sli 24Feb1980 – 28mar1980. Martinair own. Cnx 30Sep1980. Ferried Amsterdam – Brindisi – Cairo – Bahrain – Karachi – Delhi – Calcutta – Bangkok – Singapore – Denpasar- Darwin – Alice Springs – Melbourne.  VH-FKF Ansett Airlines 01Oct1980. Mac Robertson Miller Airlines (MMA) li 12Dec1980. Airlines of Western Australia li 01Jul1981. Ansett Western Australia nn 01Jan1984. Ansett NT li 01Ago1985. Ansett Western Australia ret 18Apr1991. Ansett Australia mgd Jul1993. Wfu Melbourne 30Mar1995, canx 28Aug1995. Scrapped at Melbourne between January 16-20, 1996.  

* msn. 11009

FF. 16Jan1969. F-28 Mk.1000. PH-ZAD NV KNV Fokker 15Jan1969. LN-SUC Braathens SAFE 03Mar1969. Named “Olav Kyre”. I-TIAP Unifly Express 01Oct1986. Seen 11Apr1987 in Braathens – SAFE basic colors & Unifly ttls. Alinord May1988. Own Locafit May1988, ret Dec1990, wfu 1990 (auctioned 26Sep1991). Seen at Rome-Ciamp Nov1994, fs Jul1995. N37RT Rotor Trade Nov1995. OB-1636 Aero Continente Dec1995. Seen at Glasgow 23Feb1996, delivery flight in full Alinord colors. Seen 21Mar2000 with “100% Peruano” stickers on nose. Dismantled Lima by Aug2003, loaded on a ship in Callao Peru 27Aug2003. Shipment to Bodö, Norway museum. Transferred in Rotterdam, arr Bodö 07oct2003 to be painted in Braathens colors and put on display. Seen 2012 good condition, inside museum building. Preserved.

* msn. 11011

FF. 14Apr1969. F-28 Mk.1000 PH-ZAF Fokker B.V. 14Apr1969. LN-SUY Braathens SAFE 29Apr1969. Named “Sverre Sigurdson”. W/o 23Dec1972 near Oslo crashed on approuch.