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Fokker 50 prototype scans

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Today I was scanning my F-27 and Fokker 50 slides. I hadn't seen them for many years and after scanning the Fokker 50 prototype PH-OSO I noticed some differences I had not seen before (or maybe I had but I
had forgotten about it). The prototype was basically built from a standard F-27 fuselage and thus was configured with the oval windows; well at least on the right side. The windows on the left side were
rectangular Fokker 50 examples. However a few years later the left side suddenly also sported standard F-27 type windows.
Can somebody tell me why this change was made?

PH-OSO 30-04-1986
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PH-OSO 28-06-1986
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PH-OSO 17-07-1989
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Nice historic shots!

She always sported the oval F27 windows. The Fokker 50 windows were painted on. I guess that later in her career the paint was removed and so you could see that she sported F27 style windows.
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Rene Klok wrote:The prototype was basically built from a standard F-27 fuselage and thus was configured with the oval windows; well at least on the right side.
Before I could finish my message some other Erwin came with a very good answer already :D
All I wanted to say is that the Fokker 50 style Windows were on the other side as well: check this picture.

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PH-OSI also sported an F27 fuselage as you can see here

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She was later repainted with F50 style windows, just like OSO, for display at that awfull place at LEY....
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ehusmann wrote:
Rene Klok wrote:The prototype was basically built from a standard F-27 fuselage and thus was configured with the oval windows; well at least on the right side.
Before I could finish my message some other Erwin came with a very good answer already :D
All I wanted to say is that the Fokker 50 style Windows were on the other side as well: check this picture.

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Thank you to both Erwin's for solving the ''mystery'' so quickly.
Groeten, Regards,
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ErwinS wrote:Nice historic shots!

She always sported the oval F27 windows. The Fokker 50 windows were painted on. I guess that later in her career the paint was removed and so you could see that she sported F27 style windows.
No paint but stickers with proper shading. I believe it was the most important reason the aircraft wasn't available for close inspection initially :twisted:
The third shot is also nice. The red locations were the positions for the drag reduction program. Lots of testing and no modifications afterwards.

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I stand corrected:-)

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PH-DMO (slidescan) flying for DLT, caught this special on Frankfurt

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PH-DMO Fk50 DLT basic Fokker demo c/s by maarten-sr, on Flickr
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Nice shot.

If I am correct PH-DMO was the first Fokker 50 up to production standard. So she was the first with the new window layout.

She still active as a freighter I believe.
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If I remember well (yes I am too lazy now to look it up) therefore this is the first F27 Mk050. The -OSO/-OSI were registered as F27-Mk500F

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Some more pics from the live of PH-DMO.
First one as company demonstrator at the Twente Airshow in 1987
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A few years later in 1993 operating for Base Airlines sporting some sort of Malaysia Airlines like tail c/s
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