The French regional carrier TAT owned this Fairchild F-27 after 1980, but repeatedly leased it to other airlines rather than operating it on own routes. However, the distinctive yellow colour scheme was retained, and Swedair operated the yellow turboprop for one season during 1984. - F-GBRU was active until 1990, then withdrawn and stored at Dinard, where it was last noted in 1996.

slide scan from the NK collection. - DAT / Delta Air Transport operated five Fairchild FH227's. OO-DTC is shown here in its first colour scheme; it should appear in full SABENA colours and two more standard schemes of DAT until its sale to ALM / Antillean Airlines in 1988. The aircraft was wfu at Curacao as PJ-FHA in 1991.

slide scan from the NK collection. - The initial colour scheme of Aerocenter's SE-IEG was inherited from its former US operator, when it was registered as N225. The Fairchild was built in 1960 and was noted in derelict condition at Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2024, after its service with Aerovias Oaxaquenas as N311RD.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Aerocenter's SE-IEG showed white colours in its later years of operation with the Swedish company. - This Fairchild was finally used by Aerovias Oaxaquenas as N311RD, and its hulk was still visible on Google earth more than 30 years after it had been retired at Oaxaca, Mexico.

Swedair leased SE-IGZ from Aerocenter for a few months in 1983 but did not apply their full company colours. The Fairchild was sold to Air Cortez as N724US the following year and was noted as such in storage at Las Vegas in 1988 before it was broken up.

Delivered to Iraqi Airways as YI-AGF in 1974. Leased to Arab Air Cargo as JY-CAC in 1983. Reregistered as 4YB-CAC in 1984. Returned to Iraqi Airways as YI-AGF in 1989. Stored at Amman from 1991 until at least 2010 then scrapped.

Delivered to United Airlines as N9021U in 1968. To Air Florida as N69AF in 1980 then to Pan Am in 1982. To Aerovias as TG-ANP in 1992 then to Aero Continente as OB-1561 in 1994. To Magnicharters as XA-SYX then back to Aero Continente as OB-1637 in 1995. To Magnicharters as XA-SYX in 1996. Back to Aero Continente as OB-1672 in 1997. To Magnicharters as XA-SYX in 1997 then back to Aero Continente as P4-OYX in 1998. To Magnicharters as XA-SYX then back to Aero Continente as OB-1733 in 1999. Reregistered as CC-CJO in 2000. Back to OB-1733 and stored at Lima in 2001. Still there in 2008. Scrapped.

Delivered to TWA as N18709 in 1966. To El Al as 4X-ATD in 1982. To Hartford Power Systems as N707HP then to Boeing and used for parts in the KC-135E program at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1989. Scrapped in 2013.

Delivered to Crossair as HB-AHA in 1984. Damaged beyond repair at Zurich in 1990 when the undercarriage was erroneously retracted during a ground training session. Fuselage used for cabin training then later scrapped.

Delivered to United Airlines as N9047U in 1969. To Air Florida as N63AF in 1981 then to Pan Am in 1982. To Air Asiatic as VT-ERN in 1990. Returned to the lessor as N63AF in 1991. To Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ABH then to Lao Aviation as RDPL-34126 in 1992. Returned to the lessor as N63AF in 1994. To Transmile as 9M-PMR then to Air Philippines as RP-C1938 in 1995. Withdrawn from use at Manila in 2000. Scrapped in 2001.

Photographer: Eberhard Kunze. K25 slide scan. Built 1969 as DC-8-63PF N8757 for Eastern. CP Air CF-CPL 1972, reregistered C-FCPL 1974. Converted to DC-8-73PF by Cammacorp 1982 and delivered as VR-CKL 1983 to Handlingair for use by Adnan Kashoggi, reregistered VR-CKA 1984. Converted to DC-8-73PF(F) N809CK for Kalitta 1988, renamed American International 1991. Emery Worldwide 1993, reregistered N105WP 1994. Withdrawn Goodyear 2001 and subsequently scrapped.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Holstenflug brought D-BOOM onto the German register in 1979, but after a few months and Holstenflug's financial troubles, the Fairchild was operated by Wirtschaftsflug. In 1982 it was sold again to the US (as N381BA to Britt Airways) and returned to Germany as D-BCEA in 1990. Withdrawn in 1992, it was used as a fire trainer at Cologne and finally broken up in 2012.

Photographer: Eberhard Kunze. K25 slide scan. Built 1975 as ZS-RSI for Safair. Leased to NWT Air as C-FNWY, returned 1980. Leased to SF Air as F-GDAQ 1981, renamed Jet Fret 1987, EAS F-GIMV 1993, returned 1994. Leased to Hunting Cargo ZS-RSI 1996, renamed Air Contractors 1997. First Air C-GUSI 2006. Lynden Air Cargo N408LC 2015, reregistered P4-LAS 2016, reverted to N408LC 2023.

slide scan from the NK collection. - D-BDFD was registered in Germany for one year only and was sold to Britt Airways as N380BA in November 1982. The turboprop was last seen wfu at Flores as XA-RUK in 2000.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Fairchild F-27 c/n 42 was built in 1959, and in 2024, it is still existant. Around 2001, its last operator CATA put it into storage at Moron, where it was noted in derelict condition, however basically complete. Last reg was LV-RLB.

Slide taken by Norbert Kröpfl. - Built in 1958, Fairchild F-27 c/n 25 served with AVENSA and Ozark Airlines before becoming a corporate transport. It was an unusual visitor to Munich-Riem, probably flying in for the Olympic Games held at Munich during summer 1972. - In 1976, the Fairchild was sold to the Mexican Navy and was reported as damaged beyond repair in a gear up landing at Mexico City in April 1988.

Photographer: Eberhard Kunze. K25 slide scan. Delivered 1989. Pacific East Asia Cargo/TNT RP-C483 1993, Air Foyle/TNT G-BOMK 1999, Pan Air/TNT EC-HJH 2000, Aerovias DAP CC-DCW 2020, noted in store Santiago de Chile 2021 in ex TNT colours.

slide taken by Norbert Kröpfl. - Besides four Fairchild F-27s operating for Saudia, there were three different corporate F-27s active with Saudian registrations. HZ-BOF came as a private company aircraft from the US in 1975 and stayed until 1983. In its final years, it was pressed into airline service, first with Britt Airways / Continental Express, and then with Aerocaribe in Mexico. The turboprop was last noted derelict at Cozumel in 2003.