At the military area of Carrasco, this Fairchild-Hiller built, Fokker designed F27 has been put on display.

Delivered in 1971 along with FAU-571 that crashed in the Andes mountains. In 1984 it operated the first ever mission to Antarctica with the Uruguayan Air Force. Currently stored at the 1st Air Brigade in Carrasco, Montevideo.

spent all her life in Mexico - having been delivered to the Secretaria de Obras Publicas in 1971 as XC-SOP, she became XC-UTB with the Estados Unidos Mexicanas before joining Aerocaribe in 1988. photographer unknown

This FH-227 was being operated by the Energy Research and Development Agency when this slide was taken in 1977. The a/c was exported to Ecuador in 1995.

Built in 1968 and registered as N2743R. Delivered to Texas Petroleum as HK-1411W in 1971. To Helitaxi as HK-1411 in 1992 and Aerotaca in 1993. To Afrijet as 5N-BCC in 2000. Withdrawn from use at Lagos in 2003 and scrapped. Our group flew to Villavicencio and back on it two days later.

One of three FH-227s operated by the Uruguayan AF, destroyed by fire while still stored in 8.95. Sister-ship T-571 infamously crashed in the Andes in 10.72, the survivors being found two months later having survived on cannibalism. The third was preserved and now acts as gate guard at the Montevideo Carrasco military base

Operated by PLUNA on lease from the Uruguayan Air Force and retaining their T-572 serial.

This was the last FH-227 built, rolled out in 12.68 by Fairchild Hiller as N2783R and sold to Mexico (Unidad de Transporte Aereo del Poder Ejecutivo Federal) in 12.72. To Mexican Navy as MT(T)-216 12.93 and stored from 1995. Some records incorrectly attribute TP-204/XC-DOU to Fairchild F27 c/n 90