Cockpit Fokker Friendship F27 - 1969 (BXE)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Part of a programme produced by the NZBC called Flight South following the flight of this aircraft from Auckland to Christchurch via Wellington.
Captain Tony Timmings and First Officer Ted Wild. Contact TVNZ for the full programme which runs for approx an hour.
That is just a beautiful airplane. I worked for a regional USA airline for several years in the 1980s which had mostly F27s in its fleet. These many years later, It still warms my heart whenever I hear those RR Dart engines.....
My uncle, a metal stress engineer/technician with NAC, was treated to something of a European tour in the late 1950s as part of a team to assess replacement aircraft for the ageing Viscounts. For his specialist part, he was persuaded that the Friendship was the right one, and so it proved to be.
Beautiful footage of a classic bird. Many thanks from Canada!
Well, that brings back 17 years of my life in one of them! "Did you fly the F-27 Friendship?" Answer "WHAT???" (Meaning your now deaf)
Oh the classic sound of the Rolls Royce dart engines :) oh that's pure music
Sure does bring back memories. Use to fly from Wellington to Gisborne when I was 12 with my mum. (1972) Loved the sound of those high pitched Rolls Royce dart engines too!.
i was a 6th grader at my primary school and my class a 13yr old all paid $2 per head to to fly around our regional area.wow what an experience it was at the time about '69 to it was.
Nz Post had an old one of these that was converted to a freight plane call sign was Post two zero.
My first flight was in BXG (School Charter, Waiopehu College) out of Palmy, round trip over the Central Volcanic Plateau as part our Geography Studies for the year, ‘76 I think. Loved flying ever since.
Wow fantastic footage.It was a shame the documentary did'nt finish completely.
The F27 was my most famous aircraft in the day.
Great video thank you
Smoking onboard the plane, oh how times have changed
Turn the propeller by hand and the Dart engine goes tik til tik 😎
The first aircraft I flew on - as an ATC cadet - for a quick 30 minute trial over Cape Palliser, 6 June 1974.
Where is the rest of the program? It is great to see that the Fokker F-27, and later the F-28 was the back bone of the domestic routes in NZ and AUS. It was also the same in Norway. I love the F-27, and the F-28! It has done an outstanding job in one of the hardest climate and terrain in the world. The F-27 was used in the same way both in Norway and in NZ. The use of the F-28 were polar oposits. In Norway they could have as many as 16 cycles a day. In Australia they set a world record for flying the longest F-28 flight. I think it was like Perth-Broom. That is more than 3,5h one way. When BU (Braathens S.A.F.E. sold its F-28 they had 76` cycles and 35`hours! That is like 28 mins pr flight. Between the cities of Bergen (BGO) and Stavanger (SVG) it is 170km, or a minimum of 5h by car, or 20 mins by plane. That is Norway for you!
Very cool❤ from a x NZr
Awesome, thanks. The memories! The range of accents in 1969 was interesting, 6:19 as was how well everyone was dressed. 3:19 Was the lady in the hat smoking?
I may have flown on this aircraft, the callsign (ZK)BXE seems familiar. National Airways Corporation of New Zealand aka NAC.
Love it! NAC together with Aer Lingus and Braathens S.A.F.E. Of Norway was the users of the F-27. Where is the rest of this program. Greetings from Norway. Be safe and stay safe!
Still a good looking plane
Have a date with NAC! 1972 ! Fokker F27 in 1969 with NAC. Absolute gem Rolls Royce engine sounds. Marketing at the time on timetables in 1972 with NAC. Have a date with NAC!
Ansett 727.
Great upload. Is there any more available on this video? Is it from a documentary?
Flying out of Wellington on what appears to be a calm day. Was it flying North or South?
It was actually flying out of Auckland to Wellington. I recall seeing the full documentary years ago. Be nice to see it again rather than this abreviated version
Auckland as boac jet never flew Wellington