Fokker 100 / American Royal Air Force Using the same fuselage cross-section

Using the same fuselage cross-section as the Boeing 727

I was the first aircraft armed with a synchronized

750-shp Allison 501D-13 or 501D-13A turboprops

Some were still flying in the late 1960s

Fokker 100 / American Royal Air Force Using the same fuselage cross-sectionFokker announced it was developing the Fokker 100 simultaneously with the Fokker 50 turboprop in November 1983. The Fokker 100 is based on the basic F 28 airframe, with the most important and obvious change being the stretched fuselage, increasing maximum seating to 122, compared with 85 in the F 28 4000 (on which the 100 is based). Other changes include more economical RollsRoyce Tay turbofans (which, unlike the F 28's Speys, conform to Stage 3 noise