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.

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.

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

Ex-VH-EWV, PH-FSO, PH-EXC. Later EI-SMF, 5Y-BTX. WFU Mar/2011 at Nairobi/Wilson

On the C ramp at Schiphol together with PH-KFC and PH-KFG

These two Fokker Friendships, 10148 & 10310, of the Hukbong Himpapawid Ng Pilipinas, had just been ferried from Ypenburg Air Force base after major overhaul, refurbishment and rebuild with Fokker Ypenburg where they had arrived in April and May 1978. 10148 crashed on 20 January 1972, was rebuild at Ypenburg and made a test flight on 11 December 1978. After customs clearance at Rotterdam airport they would continue onwards on delivery to the Philippines.

These two Fokker Friendships, 10148 & 10310, of the Hukbong Himpapawid Ng Pilipinas, had just been ferried from Ypenburg Air Force base after major overhaul, refurbishment and rebuild with Fokker Ypenburg where they had arrived in April and May 1978. After customs clearance at Rotterdam airport they would continue onwards on delivery to the Philippines.

10148 & 10310 Fokker Friendship, 22950 Beechcraft Huron, and DC-6 TF-IUB captured on a cold day during the harsh winter of 1978 / 1979.