Talk:Fokker F27 Friendship/Archive 1

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Fokker decided on a design with a pressurized cabin for *28* passengers? 67.171.130.47 09:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Missing on the 'Airlines that have used F27s' list is Northern Consolidated Airlines, NCA, (which became Wien Consolidated in 1968, then Wien Air Alaska, etc.). Personal note: Local airline vans in Bethel AK at the time were imprinted "NCL". It seems Wien also used the F-27s for a time:  Dus7 22:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

...which makes it the most successful turboprop airliner of all time... Is that true - more An-24's than F-27 have been made? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.171.92.111 (talk) 13:21, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Amended: ''TAA Fokker Friendship disaster - June 10, 1960 (Mackay, Queensland, Australia): 29 fatalities - this is still the deadliest civilian Australian aircraft accident in history. The investigation was not able to determine a probable cause of this accident.'' as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakers_Creek_air_crash notes a higher death toll, albeit for a military air crash —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.22.237.33 (talk) 23:13, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Merge
Should probably merge F27 operators into this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.43.180 (talk) 04:50, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:51, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Fokker F27 → Fokker F27 Friendship — the new naming convention is "manufacturer model name". This aircraft is known as "Fokker Friendship". ospalh (talk) 13:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
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Definition of Notable Incident
There is no consistent definition of notable incident throughout Wikipedia articles and the incident is listed in the French article. In my book, when a propeller detaches from a plane and tears a hole in the fuselage, this is a notable incident as it is extremely rare, even if no one was killed. For the sake of clarity and transparency, what is the standard you are basing your decision on here and where does this standard originate from? Does a major investigative authority have a definition you have adopted? Perhaps we could create a 'less notable incident' category? Also, do you have any conflicts of interest you should divulge? You seem really intent on keeping this incident off the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paname87 (talk • contribs) 10:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Please refrain from edit warring until this issue is discussed and a consensus is formed whether the item should be included or not. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:49, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Looking at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand#Incidents_and_accidents You see: On 17 February 1979, an Air New Zealand Fokker Friendship crashed into Manukau Harbour while on final approach. One of the crew and one company staff member were killed. Not sure if this counts as a Notable Incident? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.76.180.191 (talk) 14:51, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Cabin aisle dip
I remember from a 1984 flight that one characteristic of the high-wing design is that the cabin aisle has a dip in it under the wing, to provide adequate head clearance to the wing spar. Is that worth mentioning? One caveat is that a reference will be hard to come by. BMJ-pdx (talk) 11:42, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Not the first turboprop
The F27 was not the first turboprop airliner, yet the entire article seems to be written is such a way as to suggest it was. Apparently Fokker came up with the novel idea to use a turboprop engine all on their own, with no influence from the rest of the industry. Airlines all flocked to the F27 after they tried it and found out that Fokker's novel idea to use a turboprop was superior to piston engines...nothing to do with the Viscount or any of the other turboprop airliners that were all being introduced around that time, or the general industry shift away from piston engines...

70.16.65.103 (talk) 11:11, 27 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Where is a claim in the article that it was the first turboprop? BilCat (talk) 19:07, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Contained 28 passengers?
Might ‘seated’ or ‘accommodated’ 28 passengers be a better word? And ‘unimpeded’ instead of ‘unfettered’? ‘Fetters’ are handcuffs.

101.163.195.160 (talk) 08:33, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Fokker F-27 Friendship Air NZ crashes into Manakau Harbour
Air NZ Flight 4374 crashed into the sea while approaching Auckland International Airport on 17 February 1979, with the loss of two lives of the four Souls onboard; one each of its two crew members and two passengers. 49.224.108.103 (talk) 01:03, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * We have an article at Air New Zealand Flight 4374. If you would like to add this to the "Accidents and incidents" section of this article, you can find references there.- gadfium 05:57, 21 January 2023 (UTC)