
Workhorse: Fokker In Australia
If you’ve visited an Australian airport over the last 50 years, chances are you’ve seen a Fokker aircraft. Fokker’s turboprop and jet aircraft have supported regional communities, mining ventures and tourism alike for the past half-century
‘The F27’s external appearance stood out on Australian aprons’
The Fokker connection to Australia is steeped history. It was a Fokker F.VIIb/3m aircraft named ‘Southern Cross’ that pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith utilised to achieve his record breaking trans-Pacific crossing in 1928.
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