Fokker F27-500 Friendship Taxi and Takeoff

Support HAFU by becoming a Subscriber at http://www.historicalmachines.tv/page.... Anyone familiar with the Fokker F27 Friendship (which has been in service in New Zealand for over 40 years) will immediately recognise the high-pitched whine of the two Rolls Royce Dart engines, as you'll hear on this video. The is one of two F27-500s still in service with Airwork Ltd in New Zealand (as at September 2013). The aircraft is show taxiing and then taking off at Blenheim Airport in the province of Marlborough, New Zealand. ** Historical Machines TV — Free 7-Day Trial ** : See much more video material like this, and more, on our premier video-on-demand streaming service at http://www.historicalmachines.tv/page.... It'll cost you less that the price of a cup of coffee for a monthly subscription, and stere's heaps to see that you won't find on this channel. -- http://www.aviationfilm.com Copyright © 2013 Historical Aviation Film Unit This video material may not be reproduced in any form (except as an embedded video on any other website), without the written permission of the Historical Aviation Film Unit.