Fokker F50

VLM Airlines Fokker F50

The Fokker F50 was a small turboprop-powered airliner designed as a refinement of and successor to the highly successful Fokker Friendship. Download high resolution version (2975x1983, 2463 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2975x1983, 2463 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... VLM Airlines Fokker F50 File links The following pages link to this file: Fokker F50 VLM Airlines ... VLM Airlines Fokker F50 File links The following pages link to this file: Fokker F50 VLM Airlines ... Fokker 100 of British Midland Airways Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. ... A Turboprop or turboshaft engine is a type of gas turbine. ... The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...

Sales of the Fokker F-27 "Friendship", which had been continually in production since 1958, was beginning to decline by the 1980's. Fokker management, notably Frans Swarttouw, decided, that an aeronautical and electronic update of both the F-27 and the F-28 (the short-range twin jet for ca 85 passengers) were in order. Design started in 1983. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1958: Events Gulfstream Aerospace founded in Savannah, Georgia, USA. London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1983: Events January January 31 - the Ayres Turbo Thrush NEEDS cropduster plane officially joins the United States war on drugs. February February 1 - Boeing announces it will stop producing Boeing 727 airliners. ...

The F50, as the new design was called for marketing reasons, was based on the stretched F-27-500, but with a larger number of smaller windows in the fuselage and a two-wheel nose gear. Basic construction of the fuselage, wings and empennage (tail) remained unchanged apart from local strenghthening where needed. The wing was equiped with upturned aileron- and wingtips, acting more or less as wing endplates or winglets.

The major design change was in the engines and in equiping the aircraft with an electronic flight- and engine-management system. The original Rolls-Royce Darts in various marks of basically 1700 to 2300 HP was replaced with two fuel efficient Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124 of max 2500 HP, driving a 6 bladed Dowty Rotol propeller. Around 50 passengers can be carried over 2000 km at a typical speed of 530 km/h, a 50 km/h increase over the F-27. Certification of the F50 (official name: F-27 Mk050) by the Dutch aviation authority RLD was succesfully completed in 1987 after four years of design review and flight testing and first delivery was made to DLT of Germany. In 1996 production ended with the demise of the Fokker Aircraft Company, after 213 F50's (and 768 F-27's) had been produced. Most of these are still in operation at the beginning of 2005. The Rolls Royce Dart was a long-lived turboprop engine. ... Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) is a Canadian aircraft engine manufacturer. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1987: Events January January 1 - US Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphins and US Navy H-3 Sea Kings help rescue people trapped inside the Dupont Plaza hotel Puerto Rico after a fire there on New Years Eve January 7 - French... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1996: Events February the T-6 Texan II is selected as the new primary trainer for the United States armed forces. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2005: Events February 9 - 13 - Aero-India show in Bangalore, India From February 17, several airlines will have to pay heavy compensation to passengers for flight delays and cancellations under a European regulation. ...

Specifications (F50 series 100)

General Characteristics

• Crew: two pilots
• Capacity: up to 58 passengers
• Length: 25.25 m (82 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 29.00 m (95 ft 2 in)
• Height: 8.32 m (27 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 70.0 m² (736 ft²)
• Empty: 12,250 kg (27,602 lb)
• Loaded: kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: 19,950 kg (43,980 lb)
• Powerplant: 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B turboprops, 1,864 kW (2,500 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: km/h ( mph)
• Range: 2,055 km (1,284 miles)
• Service ceiling: 7,620 m (25,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

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