Fokker F-27 Air New England Modern Military Six of them were flown

Six of them were flown as VC-140Bs on special government and White House airlift missions by the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB

at which time three further prototypes were ordered

but it proved itself a rugged fighter with the ability to dive at high speed to escape enemy planes

American Airlines Boeing 767 airplane model

American Export Airlines ordered three for a planned transatlantic route to the UK and France

Fokker F-27 Air New England Modern Military Six of them were flownFokker F 27 Air New England airplane model. Probably the closest to being the fabled DC 3 replacement, the Fokker F 27 Friendship, including the Fairchild built F 27 and FH 227, was built in greater numbers than any other western turboprop airliner. The Fokker F 27 began life as a 1950 design study known as the P275, a 32 seater powered by two RollsRoyce Dart turboprops. With the aid of Dutch government funding the P275 evolved into the F 27, which