JOHN HOPTON MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 7082. Fokker F.27-200 Friendship (VH-FND c/n 10144) Airlines of New South Wales
Photographed at Mascot, New South Wales, Australia, May 23, 1965, by John Hopton
Hopton No. p2601-0071/015833
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11/30/2007. Ordered June 28, 1958, this aircraft first flew as PH-FBI on January 6, 1960, and was handed over at Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on February 12, and registered as VH-FND, it arrived in Australia on February 15, 1960. On February 11, 1976, the aircraft was stored at Melbourne-Tull, to be delivered to Comair, South Africa in December 1976, registered as ZS-JVA. In July 1995 the aircraft was withdrawn from use, and broken up at Johannnesburg in August 1997, the cockpit and cabin being used for training purposes. |
Created November 30, 2007