I was one of the very first designers to work on this aircraft at the Fokker plant at Schiphol in Holland in 1984. What a pleasure it is to hear how well like it is and that it's still in service.

@Flightradar24DotCom

Жыл бұрын

Wow, fantastic! The F50 is truly a legend, so well done!!

Fokker pride of Holland Thank you Swedish people for flying Fokker 50 🇸🇪🇱🇺

Love the philosophy behind it: simple, efficient and reliable. Beatiful machine!

@NickWilmans

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. No computers who take the decision and control like Quantas Flight 72 Airbus A330 which nosedive twice due to a faulty ADIRU system.

Fokker 50 of Philippine Airlines 34 years ago was my very first airplane ride. Thanks for posting this video. This surely brings happy memories. ❤️

Love Amapola and their Fokker 50s

Great video and aircraft, i flew the Fokker 50 a couple of years as a first officer, one of the best aircraft i have flown, well engineered, very well made and reliable.

@Mellevelle

Жыл бұрын

What airline

@griffin5184

Жыл бұрын

@@Mellevelle made up one like his story 👍🏻

@AVMD83

3 ай бұрын

@@griffin5184 actually no, I flew it for Avianca Colombia for which I flew other types of aircraft and currently I am a Captain for the airline.

We have lots of F50s flying around in Africa

I used to fly Halmstad (HAD) to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) back and forth. It was a Fokker 50 operated by Skyways. Best passenger experience ever!

Amazing video, very nice job! As an ex Fokker employee it makes me smile that these Fokkers are still being used. Build to last, that's for sure 😀

I've been in a Fokker50 cockpit, back in 2008, from Trondheim to Oslo Torp, what an exciting experience!

They need to revive Fokker company, and hence recreate F50 for the use within this century. No doubt many out there love this F50!

Love the video! Please more of this kind of content. Greetings from Germany.

Boy i loved it. only thing to remember is a relaced yoke hanging on my wall. The F/O explains exactly everything relevant about the plane.

She’s in fact superb Fond memories. Was my first assignment as a left seater, back in 1998.

I enjoyed every second of this video. I'm from Pekanbaru (it's a 40 minutes flight from Singapore), and during my childhood I grew up with the sights and sound of F-27s, F-28s, F-50s, and F-100s. I've been aboard these plane, except F-27s. I find Fokker 50 to be quiet and comfortable. Now, all around me they fly ATR 72-500s, B737s and A320s only.

@Flightradar24DotCom

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

I flew the Fokker 50 and it's smooth and quiet. Everybody loved it in Brazil.

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

Do they still fly in Brazil?

Beautiful aeroplane. Flew on Fokker 50 as a child in 1996 from Learmonth to Perth.

Fair play that landing was like butter.

What a beauty of a plane!

Reliable and strong aircraft!

Good review of a good aircraft, surprising that only 200 were made. Comfortable to fly in too. Jerry

In July 2018 I flew with exactly the same aircraft when it was employed by VLM as OO-VLI on a flight from Antwerp to London City. An incredibly cool experience to fly with such an old aircraft, indeed a real workhorse! Simply constructed, very reliable aircraft, too bad it's coming to an end in Europe too...

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not for a long while. Europe needs F50s, Amapola needs them

@friedhelmwinter7049

Жыл бұрын

flying one tomorrow to Helsinki

So nice and beautiful vid, flight and plane... Thanks for share! from Argentina

Great vlog as always! I am a huge Fokker fan. Who pressed the F-27/ F-28 and F-50/F-100 to their hearts? The Scandinavians and the Aussies, also the Kiwis. That just shows it can handle the extreme and everything in between! Be safe!

Really a quality flying machine in Turbo Props. And I am quite surprised by the new avionics and cockpit & cabin layout

@pe1biv

Жыл бұрын

That has been a trade-off between modernising and keeping the cost down I know. Also that more changes were done on request from several airlines, which didn't help keeping the development cost down and gave engineering some unexpected extra work at times.

Here in Panama there are two main airlines: the more well-known Copa Airlines and the lesser known AirPanama (just domestic flights). AirPanama has a fleet consisting of Fokker 50 and Cessna aircrafts. I work for Copa and as much as I enjoy being able to be near B737s and B738s all the time, I just love watching AirPanama's Fokker 50. It has a special kind of beauty, especially with their livery 😄

Excellent video. Love this plane. I would love to fly in one of these too.

What a grand plane and the scenery was fantastic. Great video, thanks.

Awesome vid! Long live the F50.

Excellent video!

I, originally, come from Iceland, and Flugfélag Íslands, operated F27's and later, the F50. I flew many times during my childhood, on these planes. Very rugged, very reliable, and perfect for the harsh Icelandic conditions. It's not my favourite turboprop, with the Twin Otter by far taking the cake, but the '27 and '50 were certainly in my top 5 turboprop favourites. Great video!!!

@Flightradar24DotCom

Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Thanks!

Delightful video. Cheers!

@Flightradar24DotCom

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Thx a lot for this marvelous trip/video with a lot of insight stories. I am glad I included Hemavan Airport as well as Amapola Flyg in my books „Remote, small but essential“ and „All you need to know about European Airports“.

@Flightradar24DotCom

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for this video. Loved every minute

Very good video, I enjoyed from the begining to the end! congratulations!

another awesome video, thankyou :)

Fantastic, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

I enjoyed this video. It brought back many good memories. The F-27 has a unique sound. I flew the F-27 Mk.500s in 1990-1991 and have 1,500 hours in the Fokker. I was based at Reading, PA, USA for Suburban/ Allegheny Airlines. It was beautiful to fly and stable. You could put on 50 pax, 75 bags and 4hrs. of fuel, and still be under gross weight. You cannot do that in a DHC-8-300! Long live Fokker!

Awesome, thank you.

20 years ago this was the most popular plane in my country Colombia

Beautiful video!

That was a LOT of GPWS warnings on that first approach. The BANK ANGLE comes in at 45deg bank, which is a lot. (Generally the maximum for airlines is 30deg). Perhaps it’s acceptable for that particular airline on that particular approach, but I’d have to write a report if I exceeded even 30, let alone 45deg 😅 Great video though, and the F50 is very cool.

@Flightradar24DotCom

Жыл бұрын

😅 😅 My favorite moment is when you hear the "terrain ahead" warning and the FO says "I know". Good point about SOPs regarding bank angle etc, gonna have to ask about that next time!

Are lingus used to use them in the 80s and 90s. Travelled on one a few times from Dublin to Bristol as a kid. They took over from the shorts 360 on the route

The fokker 50 is a simply wonder machine! they dont make aircraft like these anymore

@Flightradar24DotCom

Жыл бұрын

True!

Proud to be Dutch!

Nice relaxed crew and a very special aeroplane!!

Next month I travel with them from Stockholm to Arvidsjaur with this plane. Looking forward to! 🙂

Flew in this aircraft a lot Manchester to Antwerpen as a passenger,loved every time,better than your Avros and Airbus miss it lots.

My first meeting with Fokker was 1978 the F27. Very much a regional local aircraft well suited to the UK. The 50 reminds me of my helicopter, the same dials l in the main, I recognise the font. Nice video, much enjoyed

I never had the pleasure, so thank you for the flight.

Great video of a truly amazing airplane! I love it!

@Flightradar24DotCom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Pretty good! I love this plane, and travelled abord it in Brazil in the route SAO/JDF

Really cool!!

Fantastic!

Just did my first flight to Hemavan from Stockholm, such a smooth sail! ( from the passengers perspective) 👍👍

Nice sleek design

Great video. It has been a fabulous aircraft to work on. I have the proto of the Engine De-icing Control unit, EDC, though unfortunately without the main electronics board as the board was in my work bench in stead of in the proto cabinet at Fokker ELAB when the company went bust.

What used to be Skywest airlines in Western Australia ran about 6 of these they were the backbone of western Australia's regional flights Albany being one of them. Always enjoyed watching them arrive, start up and depart Albany. Missed them when virgin took over and they got retired I guess

It’s a fine plane; just great to fly. Very sorry that there are only a very few Fokkers around the world. They were the best!

WISH I COULD HAVE FLOWN ON 1

I flew the f100 as a first officer great plane

Great nation, beautiful places, outstanding great airplane with an excellent amazing crew. so nice watching Viking crew flying this beauty. I do love what they said about loving the work and aircraft. Fokker 27-550 or Fokker 50, for me is yet the best turboprop ever manufactured along with Dash 8-300. Their systems are far superior than any other make like ATR, or even Embraer. Should Fokker wasn't hit by bankruptcy, they would still be number one. It is a sorrow.

well guys i like the old air craft a lot great vid on this one but i am a l-1011 guy rock on guys

The Fokker 50s is also common in south Australia and Africa

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

Correct

@pe1biv

Жыл бұрын

I remember Ansett was one of the operators on Australia, but there was at least one other. No idea if the companies changed name, I think Ansett was taken over.

@pe1biv

Жыл бұрын

I actually had my visa for Australia arranged in the early days of the Fokker 50 in operation as the idea was I had to go there due to the engine flame-outs which was initially blamed on the Engine De-icing Control unit. I argued too well that it wasn't the EDC, so never went over.

@misterrocks3035

2 ай бұрын

@@pe1biv Ansett's operation in Western Australia became Skywest, now Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA), who operated the type into mid-late 2010s. Alliance Airlines also operated a handful of the type until 2022 or so, on top of their sizeable fleet of F70 and F100 aircraft (they have the largest remaining Fokker jet fleet in the world at present, and have also invested heavily in establishing themselves as a major supplier of spare parts for the type - a large number of Fokker jets remain in service with QantasLink, and a dwindling number with VARA, too).

fantastic video ...Fokker good plane , simply , fiabiity , easy piloting ...one of the best Regional plane ...but they stopped the production :( ...i like this report about this little ' s sweden company and this cew :)...fly safe

@Flightradar24DotCom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Funny how my country keeps old turboprops from other european countries alive in passenger service, we had Nextjet with last BaE ATP in passenger service until bankruptcy in 2018. Yet most of our own Saabs has dissapeared...

Nice video about my favorite tipe of airplane, turboprops. Can I suggest you to visit Colombia, my country, where you can know how venerable DC-3 are working still or how SATENA connect Bogotá with the jungle.

Typical Dutch robustness! Love to see it

Amapola now fly Donegal - Dublin in Ireland

I love the Fokker 50 plane, it is really a wonderful plane, and I hope to fly on it one day.. My country, Palestine, had two planes of this wonderful model, but unfortunately the Palestinian Airlines was closed in 2020 because there was no airport in Palestine.. I hope one day that the Gaza airport will return in Palestine to work again and for the Palestinian Airlines to return to work again and from inside Gaza Airport.. You can search via KZread and Google to learn more about Palestinian Airlines and Gaza International Airport

in portugal we still use falcon aeroplanes

Very nice. Query, can you please shoot in 60FPS. Thanks!

Hopefully they stay here a while too

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

They simply have to

I flew the plane last Fokker 50 at 2012. ✈👏👍🙂

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

Where?

I'm sorry I had a question, and I still didn't realize if Fokker had 50 Trusts Rivers?

Love your channel, subb'd...

@Flightradar24DotCom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

❤

Nice video enjoyed Fokker 50 and Fokker Friendship which India flew is one and the same

Very nice video but.....Amapola is not the only operator in Europe because there is still Air Antwerp in Belgium with currently one F50 in operation!

@gogabego

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I knew they stopped running commercial flights for the time being. Are they back?

@Travelagent

3 жыл бұрын

Yes - I think you are right! Currently they seem to use the F50 mainly for ad-hoc charter flights. So thats why they visited Duesseldorf Airport (DUS) lately to fly the local football team Fortuna Duesseldorf to their away game in Nuremberg (NUE)!

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

Air Antwerp ceased to exist in June or July 2021

With the bankruptcy and demise of Fokker, are spare parts even still available?

@pe1biv

Жыл бұрын

As far as I know every part can still be delivered. Also repairs for equipment I'm pretty sure is still available.

I came here because I saw one of these Fokkers in Turku, Finland today. And if flight tickets were not so absurdly expensive here, I'd definitely fly onboard. But, well... 30 minutes flight from Turku to Mariehamn, over 150 euros...

Real Dutch engineering!

I'll like its nose, like the c-130.

The Philippine Airforce (Still using the Fokker 27): That’s cute 😏

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

F27 is older

Cursed(ish) name but good aircraft

@petercrosland5502

2 жыл бұрын

...and sadly, the name means just what you think it does.

@juliusfucik4011

Жыл бұрын

As long as these Fokkers keep flying..!

Better check your facts their yanky brother, got heaps of these bumpy death traps flying with alliance airlines in Australia.

@Flightradar24DotCom

2 жыл бұрын

It's true Australia is a great place to find them still. But with around 90 or so active Fokker 50s left in the entire world, including those running cargo only, we stand by our facts.

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

Bumpy death traps??

@stevevesotsky6849

2 жыл бұрын

@@F50Aircraft worst flights of my life

@F50Aircraft

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevevesotsky6849 why?

@pe1biv

Жыл бұрын

@@stevevesotsky6849 Really? Not my experience, but then I only had some rides in the proto aircraft.