slide scan from my collection. - Fokker has used this 1983-built airframe for three years, initially as an engine testbed, thereafter as a demonstrator for maritime surveillance duties. In 1986, the Friendship was sold to Scibe/Zaire as 9Q-CBE. After being hit by rebel gunfire during flight in September 1991, it made a successful emergency landing at Goma; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was dbr.

First flew as PH-EXI then reregistered as PH-FSR in 1983. Displayed as a proposed new military version with a number of external pods. Reverted to a standard F27-400M and delivered to Scibe Airlift as 9Q-CBE in 1986. Withdrawn from use at Goma, Zaire in 1991 after being damaged by a missile en route from Kigali, Rwanda.