F-27 Allegheny CommuterFokker F 27 Allegheny Commuter airplane model. Probably the closest to being the fabled DC 3 replacement, the Fokker F 27 Friendship, including the Fairchild built F 27 and FH 227, was built in greater numbers than any other western turboprop airliner. The Fokker F 27 began life as a 1950 design study known as the P275, a 32 seater ,powered by two RollsRoyce Dart turboprops. With the aid of Dutch government funding the P275 evolved into the F 27,

The RF-8's remained in service longer than the fighters

the F1 easily outclassed the Mirage III

Months of combat followed and the A

Used extensively both afloat and ashore

950 enemy aircraft in the air

Air Force until 1979

Cessna T-37 USAF airplane model

a much-improved version was produced in the form of the AGM-12C Bullpup B

Delta Airlines L-1011 Lockheed airplane model

and comfort in air travel

By the late 1930s it was being used by eight American operators

One crashed and was destroyed on October 13