An ADF-Serials Website

NZDF-SERIALS
New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History
RNZAF Fokker F.27 Friendship Mk.120
NZ2781 to NZ2783

 
 

Aviation Top 100 Site
Hosted by: Integrity Technical Solutions

 

Fokker Friendship Image Gallery

 
     
 
Serial c/n Test
Registration
History
NZ2781 010167 PH-FCF Sixty seventh Friendship off the Fokker production line and previously PH-FCF Fokker test registration.
Delivered to NZNAC on 27 February 1961 as ZK-BXB (Kotuku).
Withdrawn from service with Air New Zealand on 01 December 1979.
Entered Air New Zealand workshops for conversion to military configuration 02 December 1979.
Registration cancelled 28 February 1980.
To RNZAF Navigation and Air Electronics Training Squadron on 03 March 1980.
Last RNZAF flight on 17 July 1992 with total airframe hours of 49181.5 and 60380 cycles.
Sold by tender in July 1995 to Laoag International Airlines, Philippines as RP-C3888 and departed Christchurch for the Philippines on 22 July 1995.
Still registered in Philippines and seen at Manila in February 2003 minus engines and other parts.

Fokker Friendship 
NZ2781
RNZAF Photo  Fokker Friendship 
NZ2781 
Richmond  
13th October 1991
Photo by George Canciani

NZ2782 010168 PH-FCG Sixty eighth Friendship off the Fokker production line and previously PH-FCG Fokker test registration.
Delivered to NZNAC on 07 March 1961 as ZK-BXC (Kerangi).
Withrawn from service with Air New Zealand on 10 July 1980.
To RNZAF Navigation and Air Electronics Training Squadron on 10 October 1980.
Last RNZAF flight on 17 July 1992 with total airframe hours of 50528.6 and 62865 cycles.
Sold by tender in July 1995 to Laoag International Airlines, Philippines as RP-C5888 and departed Christchurch for the Philippines on 22 July 1995.
Sold to Presidential Airlines of Cambodia on 10 December 1998 and registered as XU-881.
Still current with latest sighting in Bangkok.

Fokker Friendship 
NZ2782 
Richmond 
October 1988
Photo by Wal Nelowkin

NZ2783 010169 PH-FCH Sixty ninth Friendship off the Fokker production line and previously PH-FCH Fokker test registration.
Delivered to NZNAC on 14 March 1961 as ZK-BXD (Korere).
Withdrawn from service with Air New Zealand on 14 April 1980.
To RNZAF Navigation and Air Electronics Training Squadron on 01 July 1980.
Last RNZAF flight on 17 July 1992 with total airframe hours of 49633.2 and 61938 cycles.
Sold by tender in July 1995 to Laoag International Airlines, Philippines as RP-C6888 and departed Christchurch for the Philippines on 22 July 1995.
Badly damaged in a belly landing at Mactan, Philippines on 06 December 1995.
Was under repair at Cebu on 01 March 1996 but shortly after was withdrawn from use and the registration was annulled in 2001.

Fokker Friendship 
NZ2783
Photo by Ivan Prince

 
     

The Author of this page is Ivan Prince (updated by Brendan Cowan).

Sources: AHSNZ publications 1979-1995, Air NZ Engineering records. NZ Wings June 1989, Airlinerlist.com.

Emails: Rene Sikkerle,Brendan Cowan, Martin Edwards, Les Bilcliff,

Updated 17 December 2012

 

It is our policy to only show historical events, no current operational information will be displayed on this website.
 "The ADF-Serials & NZDF-Serials team give permission to use the content of this page, excluding images, providing that it contains an acknowledgement to the adf-serials team and any other listed sources."