Fokker 50

The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed as a refinement of and successor to the highly successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. Both aircraft were manufactured and supported by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.

The Fokker 50 was developed during the early 1980s following a decline in the sales of the company's earlier F27 Friendship. It was decided that the new airliner would be a derivative of its predecessor, sharing much of its airframe and design features, while incorporating new advances and several improvements, such as the adoption of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127B turboprop engines, in order to produce a successor that had a 30 per cent reduction in fuel consumption over the F27.

The Fokker 50 performed its maiden flight on December 28th 1985, and entered revenue service during 1987. The Fokker 60 has been operated by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), ex-RNLAF aircraft are also in service with the Peruvian Naval Aviation and the Republic of China Air Force.

Fokker 50

 * Fokker F27 Mark 050: Marketed as the Fokker 50 (or sometimes referred to as the Fokker 50-100), based on the F27 Mark 500 with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B or PW127B turboprop engines with six-bladed propellers, updated systems and cockpit instrumentation, increased use of composite structure, double the number of windows, change from pneumatic to hydraulic systems and addition of electronic engine and propeller controls and an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) and integrated warning system.
 * Fokker F27 Mark 0502: Marketed as the Fokker 50, same as the 050 with reconfigured interior layout and change in type of aft emergency exits, six built (two for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, two for the Republic of Singapore Air Force and two for Royal Brunei Air Force). MSN 20280 built 1993 was fitted with PW125B Engines and an APU.

Fokker 60

 * Fokker F27 Mark 0604: Marketed as the Fokker 60, same as the 0502 with an increased fuselage length (1.02 m/3.34 ft in front of wing and 0.80 m/2.63 ft aft of wing), increased design weight and introduction of a large cargo door in the forward right side of the fuselage. Two Pratt & Whitney PW127B turboprop engines, four built.

Users

 * Brunei
 * Royal Brunei Air Force
 * Republic of China
 * Republic of China Air Force
 * Netherlands
 * Royal Netherlands Air Force
 * Peru
 * Peruvian Navy
 * Singapore
 * Republic of Singapore Air Force
 * Tanzania
 * Tanzania Government Flight Agency
 * Thailand
 * Royal Thai Police

Related Development

 * Fokker F27 Friendship
 * Fairchild F-27

Comparable Aircraft

 * Antonov An-24
 * Antonov An-140
 * ATR-42 and 72
 * CASA/IPTN CN-235
 * CASA C-295
 * De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash-8
 * Dornier Do328
 * Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
 * Ilyushin Il-114
 * Saab 340
 * Saab 2000
 * Xian MA60
 * Xian Y-7