Have wondered how Skyways got the Fairchild FH-227 onto the UK register. Their two aircraft were the only ones. The Fairchilds, which looked identical, were more different structurally to the Fokker F-27 than you might think, for example all the design drawings were converted from metric to US standards for the US tooling and sheet metal sizes at the Fairchild factory, done at a fairly early development stage - the first Fairchild was delivered several months earlier than the first Fokker. Must have needed separate UK certification, surely.
G-SKYA in the picture had an unfortunate end, after a couple of years with Skyways, when they closed down it went back across the Atlantic, to a Brazilian passenger operator, where after only a few months service it crashed into an airport car park on approach, with total loss of life.
Last edited by WHBM; 14th Apr 2022 at 09:56.