Early example of the military F-27M Troopship, from 334 Sqdn. Preserved at Soesterberg.

short-lived carrier acting as a feeder for Midway Airlines based at Chicago Midway. Last with Air Panama as HP-1631PST (photographer unknown)

First flight 1969 as PH-FOT. October 27th 1969 I-ATIV ATI (Aero Transporti Italiani). WFU and stored at Napoli July 1984. April 13th 1985 LN-RNY SAS - Scandiavian Commuter "Vatnar Viking". June 26th 1990 PH-FOT, August 29th 1990 OO-FEF Federal Express. May 5th 1992 rr N701FE FedEx (opb Empire Airlines). July 31st 2003 WFU and stored at Spokane, broen up 2005. 1 of 9 Friendships operated by SAS Commuter Division between 1984 and 1990 (when replaced by fokker 50s), and used on shedules from Fornebu to Haugesund and to Gothenborg.

First flight at Schipol September 7th 1964 as PH-FFZ, Delivered to Philippine Airlines September 28th 1964 as PI-C512. February1966 Leased to MMA as VH-MMU until returned in November 1968 as PI-C512. Februay 1969 I-SARO Alisarda. December 1974 F-BVTU TAT. July 1979 F-OGJA Air Martinique until April 1980. June 1980 F-BVTU Air Alsace. 1980 rr FGCPA Air Alpes. June 29th 1983 LN-NPC as the 7th F.27 for Busy Bee at that date. June 1991 N101FJ. October 1991 VT-ERZ until stored and WFU March 1993 at Bhopal, after almost 40 years of flying. Seen parked oustde the Military terminal at FBU.

First flight 1969 as PH-FOT. October 27th 1969 I-ATIV ATI (Aero Transporti Italiani). WFU and stored at Napoli July 1984. April 13th 1985 LN-RNY SAS - Scandiavian Commuter "Vatnar Viking". June 26th 1990 PH-FOT, August 29th 1990 OO-FEF Federal Express. May 5th 1992 rr N701FE FedEx (opb Empire Airlines). July 31st 2003 WFU and stored at Spokane, broen up 2005. 1 of 9 Friendships operated by SAS Commuter Division between 1984 and 1990 (when replaced by fokker 50s), and used on shedules from Fornebu to Haugesund and to Gothenborg.

First flight at Schipol Decemberr 10th 1984 as PH-EXG as a F.27-200MAR, but not taken up. 1986 converetd to civil F.27-200 and delivered to Busy Bee as their 3rd new F.27 April 17th 1986 as LN-AKC with a "Beeliner" sticker in front of Lefthand Passenger door, and a smaller "Fokker no 1000" sticker below the cheatline.. wfu December 1992 as BS was declared bankrupt. 1994 stored at Norwich until convreted back to F.27-200MAR and from August 1995 VT-SSC with Elbee Airlines. Broken up at Bombay in 2005. Seen on final approach rwy 24 this fine April day in 1987

First flown 25 March 1964 at Schipol, in April 1964 leased to Schreiner Airways as PH-SAF. To Braathens SAFE as LN-SUL 8 April 1965, named "Sigurd Munn" in 1971 or 1972. On 15 February 1977 it was transfrd to Airexecutive Norway, as the 3rd F27 brom BU to BS. Airexecutive was renamed Busy Bee of Norway in September 1980 and in 1982 LN-SUL was repainted to the new colours, and one of the last to be repainted, but also one of the first to receive the black Busy Bee titles. In October 1992 LN-SUL was leased to Air Nordic, and became SE-KZE 18 May 1995. In 1998 it went to Eureca and 1999 wfu MMX.

PH-KFD in NLM's second colour scheme, following the one with the horizontal stripes

Seen from the tower balcony arriving on a Braathens SAFE rotation from Oslo

First flight September 18th 1961 at Schipol and delivered new to LTU as D-BAKU in November 1961. In 1967 it flew 8 months as PH-FSG for Luxair, D-BAKU again November 1967. IN 1968 it flew 6 months for Sobelair as D-BAKU. Returned to Fokker May 1969 as PH-FSG. In August 1970 VH-MMB Ansett MMA. March 1971 VH-MMB East-West Airlines. September 18th 1978 LN-NOH Air Executive Norway, September 1980 tranferred to Busy Bee. Repainted 1982. December 1987 PH-SFE Schreiner Airways. January 1993 ST-AWA Air West Company, March 23rd 1993 written off Ethiopia after emergency landing after running out fuel.

Photo by Dick London.

Pampa Líneas Aéreas was the last operator of this derelict Fairchild F-27F, found at Montevideo's general aviation airport Angel S Adami.

TG-AOA joined Aviateca in 1978. In 1983 she was handed down to the Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Air Force). Back to Fokker in 1987 before leaving for Africa to Sudan Air in October of the same year. Further users of this airframe were Schreiner Airways, Air Jet, Lina Congo and finally WDL where she served as D-BAKB until 2009. Broken up at Cologne by 2012. Photographed by C. Volpati

Photo by Dick London.

Photo by Dick London.

F-27F CP-2479 was found stored at El Trompillo, apparently sitting here for quite some time, after along career span in the US, Chile and Uruguay, before it ended up in Bolivia.

a long living Friendship - started life with Trans Australian in 1959. With Air Niugini from 1973 until 1979, with BMA from 1980 to 1982 before going to Air North in 1983 as N1036S. Other US operators were Brockway Air, Piedmont Commuter. Sold to Rio Sul as PT-LGH in January 1985. Ending up in Pakistan in April 1990. WFU Karachi in June 2021!

First flight at Schipol Decemberr 10th 1984 as PH-EXG as a F.27-200MAR, but not taken up. 1986 converetd to civil F.27-200 and delivered to Busy Bee as their 3rd new F.27 April 17th 1986 as LN-AKC with a "Beeliner" sticker in front of Lefthand Passenger door, and a smaller "Fokker no 1000" sticker below the cheatline.. wfu December 1992 as BS was declared bankrupt. 1994 astored at Norwich until convreted back to F.27-200MAR and from August 1995 VT-SSC with Elbee Airlines. Broken up at Bombay in 2005. Tail of Fjellanger-Widerøe Commander 680 LN-LMM