Originally Posted by Phileas Fogg
...not to say the F27 was anything to smile about and why Fokker stuck with the same 1950's design shape for their F50 ... well that's perhaps why they went bankrupt!
I guess it's more a case of 'why they didn't go bankrupt earlier' as they certified it as a 'F27 Mk.050' while marketing it as a 'F50'. Much cheaper as you can sidestep the whole new airplane certification bit and just add a new variant to the TCDS with a lot less testing and costs. They did the same for the F70 and F100 which are officially the F28 Mk.0070 and F28 Mk.0100.