Fokker F27 Friendship engine run up (1)

Once a familiar sight in all airports through New Zealand, from 1960 to 1990, only two Frindships now are seen regularly. This is ZK-PAX , which works at night carrying the post, seen during an engine run up at Auckland Airport, where the aircraft is based. That fine sound of the Rolls Royce Darts as they start up!

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Science & Technology

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• fokker
• f27
• friendship
• run
• up

[AccessAir]

I belive that this aircraft was also the original Fokekr F.27-500 ordered in 1980 by Mississippi Valley Airlines registration number N334MV....I have shot pictures of and audio taped this aircraft many times as MVA.....

[Pullisto]

According to jetphotos (dot) net census, she was originally reg F-SEBJ, with Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications (CNET) , then re-reg HB-ILJ for Farnair. Sometimes the info is innacurate tho. Her cn is 10596. Go to webshots (dot) com and look up my username 'cheekstar', then to my album classic airliners you'll see the pics i took at the same time. A shame Airwork never bother with a livery, just plain white. Though their 737-200C has now been done yellow.

[AccessAir]

According to my Turboprop Production list:

FF 1 Feb80 as PH-EXM then PH-FTX, Then to MVA As N334MV 6 Nov 80, herged with Air Wisc in 1985. Surburban Airlines July 86 as N272SA. Then PH-FTX again Aircft financing 14 mar 87, then Royal Air Maroc as CN-CDC 29Mar88, then back to PH-FTX Then F-SEBJ 14 aug 90 Heli Union, then HB-ILJ Farnair 12 mar 96. The to Air work as ZK-PAX my list only goes to Farnair....

[Pullisto]

Ok, very intersting. Well, i've found innacuricies before on my sources. This one came to NZ after another That had been here since new with NAC/Air NZ following a hard landing.

[smf333]

Lovely vid guy, i sure do miss the old dart powered aircraft.

[Pullisto]

Glad you like, yeh nice sound though gives the eardrums a battering at close range!

[klmboeing17]

ahhh Proud to be Dutch this AWESOME Dutch airplane

[sjcnz48]

I miss the old Friendships, got to fly in them so many times, great to hear that sound again.

[stockcar269s]

@fireman257 you would probably be right there, She flies out of Blenheim (Woodbourne) at about 2100 and returns at 0300

[fireman257]

I think she flies over Taumarunui around 0100hrs?

[ken7828]

Many hours in that bad boy.. brings back lots of memories...thanks for posting