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Role	Turboprop regional airliner
National origin	Netherlands
Manufacturer	Fokker
First flight	28 December 1985
Introduction	1987
Status	In limited service
Primary users	Amapola Flyg Skyward Express Karun Airlines Alliance Airlines (historically)
Produced	1985–1997
Number built	213
Developed from	Fokker F27 Friendship

The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner manufactured and supported by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It was designed as an improved version of the successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50. 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 percent reduction in fuel consumption over the F27.

The Fokker 50 performed its maiden flight on 28 December 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's Air Force.

Development

Fokker 50

By the early 1980s, the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker , who had identified that sales of the Fokker F27 Friendship , a turboprop -powered airliner which had been in continual production since 1958, were beginning to decline. Accordingly, the company decided to conduct a series of design studies for follow-up products to the key elements of their existing product line, these being the centered around the F27 and the Fokker F28 Fellowship jet airliner. In November 1983, Fokker decided to commence simultaneous work on two development projects to develop a pair of new airliners - these being the Fokker 100 , which was to succeed the F28, and the Fokker 50 , which was the successor to the F27. The Fokker 50 programme suffered some delays, leading to the first aircraft being delivered more than a year following the final F27 delivery

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Fokker 60 of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

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Fokker F50 Friendship

General Info

Crew: 2 flight crew Capacity: 46 seats at 34" pitch to 56 seats at 30" pitch, 5,500 kg (12,100 lb) max payload Length: 25.25 m (82 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 29 m (95 ft 2 in) Height: 8.32 m (27 ft 4 in) Wing area: 70 m² (750 sq ft)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 13,400 kg (29,542 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 20,820 kg (45,900 lb)
Fuel capacity: 4,120 kg (9,080 lb)
Fuselage width: 2.70 m (8.9 ft)
Cabin Width: 2.50 m (98 in)
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B turboprop engines, 1,864 kW (2,500 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 565 km/h (351 mph,
Maximum speed: Mach 0.507
Cruise speed: 500 km/h (310 mph,
Range: 1,700 km (1,000 mi, 900 nmi)
Service ceiling: 7,620 m (25,000 ft)

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The Fokker 50 is a twin turboprop-powered airliner. It was based on the earlier highly successful Fokker F27 Friendship, specifically the stretched F27-500 model. Structurally, the Fokker 50 owes much to the F27; basic construction of the fuselage, wings and empennage, which made extensive use of composite materials, hot-bonded structures and anti-corrosion treatments, remained mainly unchanged between the two aircraft apart from the strengthening of various sections where required.

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Fokker F50 Friendship

During 1994, Fokker had been incurring sizable losses on its operations, which led to cuts in the output of the Fokker 50 and threatened its long term viability.

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he Fokker 60 is stretched version of the Fokker 50, being 1.62 m (5.3 ft) longer for a total length of 26.87 m (88.2 ft).[

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Fokker F50 Friendship