Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
F28 Fellowship by Fokker
Aircraft Category
C
Purpose or Role in Game
The F28 Fellowship is a twin-engine, short-range jet airliner designed and manufactured by Fokker which was designed for commercial aviation, and while not exclusively a military design, it was adaptable for military and government use due to its ability to operate from smaller, less-equipped airports, which made it useful for short-range transport and the movement of VIPs.
Why should this aircraft be added?
Fokker F28 was significant for being a successful early jet airliner that made jet travel accessible to smaller airports, and for pioneering the regional jet market. There was a special feature for the F28 which is the application of a “speedbrake” which was built into the tail. An application that was only common in military aviation and enabled the aircraft to descend effectively and quickly.
Airlines that use it
There are no Fokker F28 aircraft currently in civil service. Some of the historic operators include the following: Air France Air Niugini Ansett Australia Garuda Indonesia Iberia Korean Airlines LTU Martinair SAS Saudia Turkish Airlines
However they’re are a few F28 still active as a military/government operators which include: LADE Colombian Air Force Philippine Air Force
Special characteristics or variants F28-1000:
The first version of the F28 which has one of the short body subtypes and there is one overwing emergency exit on each side. F28-1000C:
It is similar to the F28-1000 except for the cargo door in the left front fuselage. F28-2000:
A fuselage stretch of somewhat more than two metres resulted in the F28-2000. Even though it is modestly longer than the F28-1000, this is still cearly visible. F28-3000:
Compared to the F28-1000, which has the same fuselage length, the F28-3000 has a 1.5 m wider span. F28-3000R:
The F28-3000R is the same as the F28-3000, except with the weight and performance limitations of the F28-1000. F28-3000C:
This is the same as the F28-3000 but then with the cargo door of the F28-1000C. F28-3000RC:
The F28-3000RC is the same to the F28-3000C as the F28-3000R is to the F28-3000. F28-4000:
F28-4000 combines the long fuselage of the F28-2000 with the wings of the F28-3000, it has two emergency exits on each side, the only F28 variantto have these. F28-6000:
The final F28 variant was supposed to be an F28-2000 with short field performance, the two aircrafts built were later converted to F28-2000.
If that’s the case, it would be a final say for the devs to decide the ICAO code, if they’re going to add into the game - I put it down as a C class as the post template asks for it to be classified by the ICAO wingspan, but if there going to add it as a B class aircraft, I’m happy to be wrong here
I ended up going down a bit of a rabbit hole trying to find the fate of a certain aircraft HC-CDT, which had an accident due to a rejected takeoff and collision with ILS equipment. The aircraft was DBR but it wasn’t all that badly damaged and no one was injured so it was put on display at a hostel in Salcedo,
A little thing I like doing is going looking for these displayed/abandoned aircraft, all beginning with the hundreds dumped across Brazil, and I noticed it vanished off Google Earth in the late 2010s, supposedly being moved to Santa Isabel. Anyway, still can’t find it in its new spot but discovered this cool page detailing Ecuador’s history with the Fokker aircraft including the above.
If we’re going off a 2010 cutoff point for airlines and liveries, the only airline outside of small African ones that operated it was Biman who kept theirs going till late 2012, though if this was pushed back to say 2005, it would open up a lot more operators such as Tame and some Indonesian airlines, plus if we get a South African airport, SAA Express operated them until 2008.
I love Tame’s livery and it really suits this aircraft,
Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Aircraft Category
Purpose or Role in Game
Why should this aircraft be added?
Airlines that use it
Air France
Air Niugini
Ansett Australia
Garuda Indonesia
Iberia
Korean Airlines
LTU
Martinair
SAS
Saudia
Turkish Airlines
LADE
Colombian Air Force
Philippine Air Force
Special characteristics or variants
Optional: Links or references
But Fokker 70 have been put into B class in the game and Fokker 28 is smaller aircraft than Fokker 70.
