Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
No. you're wrong, I'm afraid. The Fokker 50 (alias F27 Mark 050) was most certainly added 30 years later to the original 1957 F27 Type Certificate.
Originally Posted by
Bidule
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Wrong! Just see FAA TCDS A817; it includes Fokker 27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 050...
By the way, it is same with EASA.
Originally Posted by
Volume
maybe a bit OT...
Fokker 50 is the marketing designation of the F27 Mark 050
And I find it quite surprising, that all authorities have bought into the 777X being a derivative of the 777. On the other hand, what does a 737 Max and a 737-100 have in common?
More political, than technical decisions.
I am still wondering how the market will embrace the 777X, looks like big is no longer beautiful... Sales for the 777X are slower than for the "classic" 777 in the same timeframe. 787-10 and A350-1000 are not the best selling variants of the model.
Boeing may have succeded to kill the 777 with the 787, just like they killed the 747 with the 777-300ER.
I stand VERY corrected. Haven't flown the F50 since 2005, but was told in initial training in 1999 there were problems getting it typed in the US, and never researched it myself. Thanks for the update.