This F27 carried once Fokker test registration PH-FCA before it was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) with serial C-12 in 1961. The aircraft is preserved at Eindhoven air base and marked as C-8 from 1996 onwards.

Test reg PH-FCA before delivery to the Netherlands Air Force as C-12 in 1961. Preserved at Eindhoven marked as C-8 from 1996.

Photo: Palle Nørby Christensen

C-12, painted as C-8 in "F27 Display" colours

Later preserved as gate guard at Eindhoven Air Base, painted in demo markings as "C-8".

Two Friendships with serial C-8 are preserved at Eindhoven Air Force Base, one real and one fake. Both aircraft carry the exact same RNAF demo markings. Seen here is the fake one, which is actually C-12 pretending to be C-8. It was painted as such in 2003 and has been on display at the base entrance ever since. The other C-8, the real one, is used for training purposes and is usually hiding in a hangar. The only visible differences between the two aircraft are the spinners and the tips of the props.

One of two Friendships at Eindhoven Air Force Base in these Netherlands Air Force demo markings, both carrying serial C-8. This one is on display at the base entrance, and is actually C-12 pretending to be C-8. The flowers in front of the plane were placed there in connection to the MH17 shoot-down over eastern Ukraine two weeks earlier.