Recently Added: Fokker F27, Fokker 50 and Dornier 228
Three More New, In-House Made Aircraft Templates
I’ve added 3 new aircraft types to the JStream aircraft collection, all of which were created from my own in-house made aircraft templates:
The Fokker F27 Friendship, Fokker 50, and the Dornier 228 are the 113th, 114th and 115th aircraft templates to join my overall collection of aircraft illustrations used across the JStream site. They are also respectively the 25th, 26th and 27th in-house made templates to be drawn by me personally.
I haven’t applied these aircraft templates to any JStream articles as of yet. I do plan to use them soon, however, in a story article I have planned that will portray a longer-lived fictional legacy carrier dating back to the mid 20th century. For now, the illustrations depicting these types come from my default JetStream Aerospace collection, though they may be updated using other liveries later.
About the Fokker F27 Friendship
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a four-abreast twin engine, short range narrowbody regional turboprop airliner designed and produced by Fokker (Dutch: N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker) in the Netherlands. The most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands, the Fokker F27 was also one of the most successful European airliners of its era.
Production of the Fokker F27 Friendship turboprop ended in 1987 after 586 examples were built across several variants. It was replaced by its successor type, the Fokker 50 (see below). The type saw revenue service worldwide with dozens of airlines and governments on all continents except Antarctica, and remains in limited cargo airline and military service as of 2024.
I draw the Fokker F27 from scratch, using a series of reference photos from numerous sources to catch the details. I usually prefer to draw jet aircraft over prop-driven aircraft, but the Fokker F27 was actually fun to draw in most respects. I liked the elliptical shaped windows especially, which were larger in the F27 as compared with its descendant, the Fokker 50 (see following).
About the Fokker 50
The Fokker 50 is a four-abreast twin engine regional turboprop airliner designed and produced by Fokker (Dutch: N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker) in the Netherlands. It was developed during the early 1950s as a successor to the successful prior generation Fokker F27 Friendship airliner (see above). It entered revenue service in August 1987.
Production of the Fokker 50 was terminated in March 1996 when Fokker filed bankruptcy, with a total of 213 aircraft built. The type continues in active revenue service around the world.
I adapted this aircraft template from my original F27 template then made modifications using numerous reference photos. Some of the more evident differences include smaller and more numerous passenger windows, an improved cockpit window set, changes to the passenger doors, elongated engine frame, and slightly elongated nose. The Fokker 50 also uses 6-bladed propellers instead of the F27’s 4-blade set, plus the Fokker 50 no longer used the old-school high frequency radio antenna cable seen on the F27.
About the Dornier 228
The Dornier 228 is a two-abreast, twin engine turboprop-powered STOL utility airliner that was originally produced by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Manzell, Friedrichshafen, Germany, and built at Oberpfaffenhofen, Bavaria, Germany from 1981. The firm was acquired in 1996 by Fairchild Aircraft of San Antonio, Texas USA, which then became Fairchild-Dornier.
Initial production of the Dornier 228 initially ended in 1998, with 245 units produced. The type has been reproduced under license by other companies including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) of India and the Swiss holding company RUAG, and experiments in electric, hydrogen-fueled and hybrid aircraft based on the Dornier 228 airframe have continued apace in the early 21st century to the current day.
I drew the Dornier 228 from scratch, using a selection of reference photos of the aircraft in flight. I enjoyed drawing this one because if its distinctive profile. Like the other 2 aircraft depicted in this post, the Dornier 228 will be featured in at least one future JStream article, which will appear in coming weeks. I wouldn’t doubt the 228 will show up in other articles as a retired type for older regional carriers as well.