Fokker F-27 Air New EnglandFokker F 27 Air New England airplane model. Probably the closest to being the fabled DC 3 replacement, the Fokker F 27 Friendship, including the Fairchild built F 27 and FH 227, was built in greater numbers than any other western turboprop airliner. The Fokker F 27 began life as a 1950 design study known as the P275, a 32 seater powered by two RollsRoyce Dart turboprops. With the aid of Dutch government funding the P275 evolved into the F 27, which