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For a century, Fokker stood among the world's most respected aircraft manufacturers-an iconic name spanning the earliest days of aviation to the modern jet age. Fokker's Final Chapter: F28, F70, F100 tells the complete, fact-based story of the company's last generation of commercial aircraft, chronicling how the Fellowship, F70, and F100 transformed regional aviation across six continents. From the first test flights of the F28 to the long service lives of the F70 and F100 in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas, this book traces a legacy defined by engineering excellence, reliability, and global reach. Drawing on documented history, airline records, and decades of operational experience, the narrative follows these aircraft through their design, development, certification, commercial triumphs, and the challenges that ultimately confronted their manufacturer. It examines the financial pressures, shifting market forces, and escalating competition that led to Fokker's 1996 bankruptcy-even as its aircraft continued flying for another quarter-century. More than a corporate chronology, this is a story of people and machines: the pilots who loved the aircraft for their honest handling, the technicians who valued their robust systems, the cabin crews who worked aboard them daily, and the millions of passengers who knew them as dependable and comfortable companions on short-haul journeys. Even after production ceased, Fokker's jets lived on through museum preservation, governmental service, and the vigorous aftermarket ecosystem of Fokker Services. Fokker's Final Chapter is both a definitive record and a tribute-an exploration of why these aircraft endured, how they shaped regional mobility, and what their story reveals about the evolution and consolidation of the global aerospace industry.

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