Entered in the Spanish register for Spantax in November 1968 who leased it to Aviaco from November 1972

Date range is an estimate, but the KLM Electra indicates it must be before 1969.

The fourth F27 to be delivered, as LN-SUN, making Braathens the second Friendship operator, after Aer Lingus. Photo from: Fokker

Delivered to Philips as PH-LIP in 1962. To WDL as D-BAKA in 1975. Leased to various operators. Withdrawn from use at Essen in 1997 and scrapped in 1999.

First flown 25 March 1964 at Schipol, in April 1964 leasd to Schreiner Airways as PH-SAF. To Braathens SAFE as LN-SUL 8 April 1965, named"Sigurd Munn" in 1971 or 1972. On 15 February 1977 it was transfrd to Airexecutive Norway, as the 3rd F27 from BU to BS. Airexecutive renamed Busy Bee of Norway in Septembr 1980 and in 1982 LN-SUL was repaintd to the new colours, as one of the last repaintd but also one of the first with black Busy Bee titles. In October 1992 LN-SUL was leased to Air Nordic, and became SE-KZE May 1995. In 1998 to Eureca and 1999 wfu at Malmö. Used by Flygskolan, Ljungbyhed

slide scan from the NK collection. - The operator of this Fokker Friendship was Uni-Air; the aircraft was painted in the old Uni-Air colours on this visit to Munich-Riem. After 8 years of service with Uni-Air, F-BYAO was sold to ARAT ("Avion de Recherche Atmosphérique et de Télédétection") and flew as a research aircraft until 2002. It was retired at Creil and scrapped after a few years.

slide scan from the NK collection. - IBERIA operated a total of ten Fokker 27s, eight new from the manufacturer and two second-hand from Garuda Indonesia. EC-BMS from 1967 was the first in the fleet and is shown here in a mid colour scheme (not the delivery colours). In 1981, the Friendship was transferred to Transeuropa and later to AVIACO; finally flew with CUBANA as CU-T1286 until 2001; b/u at Havana in 2002.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Friendship c/n 10245 was active from 1964 until 1996, finally as SE-KZD with Air Nordic/SWE Aviation. Its fuselage was used for some training thereafter, and it was reported at Groningen in derelict condition in 2022. - Air Executive Norway operated a total of five Fokker 27s, all of them were transferred to Busy Bee in 1980.

slide by Frank Pötsch. - Fokker 27 c/n 10121 had its first flight in 1959 and spent over 20 years with TAA in Australia. The turboprop came back to Europe in 1980 and flew for Uni-Air (shown here) and for Servisair and Flanders Airlines as OO-SVM after 1987. It was scrapped at Dinard in 1993.

Any help on the location is appreciated.

slide scan from the NK collection. - D-BAKA (and also its sistership D-BAKI) has worn the red top colour scheme of WDL for a few years only; it looked like an ex-IFG colour scheme, but D-BAKA did never fly for this airline - only D-BAKI did so. - In 1999, D-BAKA was broken up at Essen after a few years of storage.

slide scan from my collection. - Lauda Air had two Fokker 27s on the Austrian register, and this one on lease from Air Alsace for a few months only in 1982. The aircraft started its life in Asia (with Philippine Air Lines); its life ended in Asia also, it was noted wfu at Bhopal, India, in 1993 and again in 2008. Last operator was Continental Aviation, last reg VT-ERZ.

slide by Holger Wulff. - An early Fokker 27, which started its life with Aer Lingus in 1959 and which was lost during an emergency landing in Burkina Faso in 1991. In this 1983 slide scan, the aircraft was operated by the Palestinian Liberation Organization PLO and had just been impounded at Athens for illegally using the registration from New Zealand. The PLO solved the problem, a Tunisian reg (TS-LVC) and later one of the Yemen Air Force (YAF202) were used.

Test reg PH-FAP before delivery to Trans Australia Airlines as VH-TFE in 1959. To the Australian Department of Transport in 1966 then to Air Anglia as G-SPUD in 1979 who merged into Air UK in 1980. To Manx Airlines as G-OMAN in 1982 then back to Air UK as G-BLFJ in 1984. Withdrawn from use at Norwich in 1994 and scrapped in 1997.

Delivered to Braathens SAFE in April 1959 and seen here at Oslo Fornebu around 1960. Photographer unknown

First flown as PH-FIE 6 November 1965 and delivered to East-West Airlines as VH-EWJ 18 November, To Air-Executive Norway 29 June 1981, name changed to Busy Bee of Norway 27 September 1992, leased to Air Nordic October 1992, then sold as SE-KZG 11 June 1993. Leases to Swe AViation and Eureca before heading to Africa and Sobelair Ghana as 9Q-SOB June 2001. Leased to Air Max Gabon and La Natonale, to Air Oubangui as TL-ADS March 2007, then Clesh Aviation August 2007 and impounded at Brazzaville where it was later broken up.