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    Airframe Family: Fokker F-27
    Latest Model:C-31A Troopship
    Last Military Serial:85-1608 US
    Construction Number:10668
    Last Civil Registration:N27FF
    Compressed ID:Fokker C-31A sn 85-1608 US cn 10668...
    Latest Owner or Location:Stichting Vliegend Nederlands Cultureel Erfgoed (Foundation for Flying Dutch Cultural Heritage)

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    Dates

    Event

    1984

    Constructed as a C-31A.

    By 24 May 1984

    To Fokker BV with new c/r PH-EXJ.

    24 May 1984

    First flight.

    1984

    Leased to Leased to US Government.
    Lease agreement for later delivery to U.S. Army.

    November 1985

    To Fokker BV with new c/r PH-FUB.
    Registered for delivery flight.

    28 November 1985

    Operated by Operated by U. S. Army Parachute Team (Golden Knights), Fort Bragg, NC.
    Lease delivery to US Army with s/n 85-1608.

    1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 85-1608.
    Purchased from lease.

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Andrews AFB Md Airshow

    24 July 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, Iowa

    4 May 2012


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Air Expo, Shaw AFB SC

    December 2019

    To Stichting Vliegend Nederlands Cultureel Erfgoed (Foundation for Flying Dutch Cultural Heritage) with new c/r N27FF.

    March 2020

    First flight.
    First test flight after maintenance in preparation for ferry to the Netherlands.

    3 November 2020


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: N27FF arrives at Lelystad Airport (EHLE) in the Netherlands

    3 November 2020


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: at Lelystad Airport (EHLE) in the Netherlands
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Ronald van der Valk
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