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These wonderful films capture the pioneering age of Dutch commercial aviation when Anthony Fokker started producing Trimotor transports for the budding airlines of the day. The first part of Fokker Aircraft Memories DVD presents archival black and white footage of the aircraft built by Fokker between the wars.

Fokker Aircraft

In the mid-1950s, Fokker emerged as an industry leader developing the revolutionary and popular Fokker F27 turboprop regional airliner. The design of the Fokker Aircraft F27 started in the early 1950s as a replacement for the successful DC-3 airliner. Fokker evaluated a number of different configurations before finally deciding on a high wing twin Rolls-Royce Dart engine layout with a pressurised cabin for 28 passengers. The first prototype, registered PH-NIV, first flew on 24 November 1955, and the roll out. Also the first flight of this aircraft is presented in glorious colour on this show. Also featured this show an amazing colour film produced by Fokker in the late 1950s. It demonstrates the amazing capabilities of the F-27.

The Fokker Aircraft 100 design announced in 1983 as an updated replacement for Fokker’s popular, but superseded F28 Fellowship design. Two prototypes were built – the first, PH-MKH, flew for the first time on November 30, 1986. And the second, PH-MKC, followed on February 25, 1987. The type certificate awarded in November 1987. The first deliveries of the TAY620-15 powered versions started to Swissair in February 1988. This Fokker Aircraft Memories show features a promotional video produced by Fokker featuring the F100 in service with Swissair.

At the end of this video, aviation videographer Henry Tenby takes us a long for a ride on an Avianca Fokker 50 that was demonstrating to NWT Air up in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in the mid 1990s when Fokker was trying to sell their F50 to the airline.