The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 are versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined, turboprop, passenger aircraft formerly manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the Unit
Fairchild Hiller FH-227B registration PP-BUH in 1972, later LV-MGV which crashed in 2003[citation needed]
Prototype of the F-27 in 1958-1959
Fairchild F-27J of Air South in 1974, showing the shorter fuselage of this version
An FH-227D used in the movie Alive in the livery of Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya Flight 571 that crashed in the Andes in 1972
Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas.
Fairchild F-27
…Fairchild Hiller FH-227 are versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined, turboprop, passenger aircraft formerly manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standard Fokker F27, while the FH-227 was an independently developed, stretched version…
The Jamaica, Queens Fairchild plant in 1941
The Western Canada Aviation Museum's Fairchild 71C
1944 model Fairchild 24 Argus III
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum's Fairchild Cornell