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The
"Holy Grail" of aircraft manufacturers directly after
World War II was the development of a replacement for the Douglas
DC-3. Fokker's entry was the F27 Friendship with the
prototype first flying in 1955.
Fokker contracted with Fairchild to manufacture
and market the F27 in North America. Fairchild (by this time
Fairchild Hiller) developed a stretch version designated the FH-277
that first flew in 1966. More F27 and FH-227 aircraft were
built than any other western turboprop airliner.
In 1985, the U.S. Army acquired two Fokker F27s as
transport and jump aircraft for its parachute demonstration team the
Golden Knights. |
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 | F27: Fokker designation |
| F-27: Fairchild designation |
| FH-227: Fairchild Hiller designation for
stretch version |
| C-31: U.S. Army transport (named Troopship) |
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