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Fokker 50 database errors

Posted by Amtran on 16 August 2016 - 02:25 AM

Found a few easy to miss mistakes in the AE database regarding the Fokker F-50.  The first one is the sort where the "first flight" year is used instead of the entry into (scheduled) airline service year (1985, when it should be 1987, source: airliners.net).  In addition, the last airframe is listed as being delivered in 1997, when the AE database ends production in 1996 (when Fokker went out of business, so 1996 may be the right year, not sure what AE's policy on last order vs. last delivery year is).
 
This last change is a bit more complicated: the AE database lists the sole engine option as being the PW124B, which, according to my (admittedly fairly quick) research, was never used on the F-50.  From what I could find, the F-50 had the option of having either the PW125B (2500shp; see previous airliner.net link), or the uprated PW127B (2700shp; used on military versions mostly, but I have found proof of at least one scheduled passenger operator with PW127B-engined F-50s).  Couldn't find complete performance charts for the PW127B-powered F-50s, but this Fokker brochure includes a basic one for the PW125B-powered model, and limited data on the PW127B-powered models.


Thanks so much for all the information Amtran, I'll start looking into it.







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