The second Fokker F.25 airframe on display at the National Aviation Day for the Youth. We were suspicious of the 1954 date as the F.25 air taxi was a long dead project by then, but PH-NDP was indeed still around with Fokker. The Fokker S.12 on the right must be PH-NDC, which was used for boundary layer suction experiments. The closest DC-3 is PH-TDV, which was registered as such until 5 May 1954. Photo by: Wim van Rossem / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Plenty of interest - from the general public - for the prototype of the stylish but ill-fated F.25 air taxi. It had first flown one month earlier. Sales were handled by Frits Diepen's organisation. Top left is a SUC-10 Courlis, a similar aircraft. Below that is a model of the Fokker F.26 Phantom jetliner design. On the panel behind the F.25 there are photos of Fokker's late 1930s combat aircraft. The panel on the right introduces the S.11 trainer, which first flew in December 1947. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

The prototype of the Fokker F.25 Promotor, a four-seat air taxi first flown on 20 October 1946. Here it is seen with a stretched fuselage to reduce drag, but the lengthened propeller shaft caused a vibration problem. Although a batch of 20 airframes was largely completed, the type was a technical and commercial failure. The Dutch CAA was very critical of the design and of Fokker's attitude. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie