Any current or former F-100 drivers?

[B190Captain]

Just wanted your opinions on the Fokker 100 or Fokker 70 aircraft.
Thanks in advance.

 

[LittleFokker]

What info are you looking for?

LF

 

[pilotyip]

don't think there are any left

They were all phased out in the mid 80's replaced in the Guard and Reserves by the F-4. I mean it was a 1950's fighter jet ann it was time to go.

 

[Iflewjetz]

No, the F100 is a commercial two jet aircraft with 97 seats and GTOW of 98000 lbs. Have about 2000 hours on them at US Airways before furlough a year ago. I liked the airplane. The Flight attendants always complained that it was hot in the back in the summer. That is why it is called the Dutch Oven ( it was made in Holland) The only complaint was the little hold over time in the winter. It has no leading edge slats. Be real careful in winter. Great airplane, wish I was still flying it.
Tony

 

[LittleFokker]

Very nice A/C for the pilot standpoint it "basically"

MMO was about .77

Ceiling 350

Avionics logic and procedures are almost the same as in the Airbus 320's.

The only thing that I dislike about the airplane is that the air conditioning packs are located underneath the flight deck making the airplane a little louder if compare with other transport jets. However the noise in the main cabin is a low as a DC9 or MD80.

No leadingedge devices, in US Airways we used to have an ALTERNATE TAKE OFF technique for icing conditions. American have some other sort of special procedures for this kind of operations.

Zero flaps take off are authorized, some Feds doing enroute checks may question that just before taking the active rwy.

hope this help

 

[fokkerjet]

F70

The F70 is basically the same aircraft as the -100, smaller cabin (15.2 ft shorter fuselage and 79 passengers max) so they don't suffer from "Dutch Oven" problems, and they also have smaller engines (TAY 620 - 15's). The maximum gross takeoff weight is also lighter, 84,000 lbs (one executive version is 88,000 lbs.).

In the US, several airlines ordered -100's: Braniff ordered about 18, then cancelled, Pan Am picked up those orders plus added a few more, but also cancelled before delivery. US Air bought 40 (which have since been parked, some sold overseas), then American with 75 (starting to park) and Midway with about 11 (sold). The -70 didn't really sell over here, 2 sold to Ford (which they still operate) and 2 went to Mesa which were quickly sold after Fokker shutdown. Fokker tried to market the F70 as a RJ to the airlines, but I believe they were just ahead of their time. I doubt the ERJ170/190 or CRJ700/900 are anywhere close to the airplane the 70 is, at least in the cockpit.

Rumor has it that someone is looking to restart production on the -70 first, then maybe the -100: Rekkof (Fokker spelled backwards) of Holland. Rekkof has made several announcements that they plan to start production very soon, but they are having problems getting it started for some reason.

 

[Iflewjetz]

little fokker. when were you furloughed. PM me

 

[J3CubCapt]

F-100, what a great bird

I flew the Fokker for about 5 years. I found it to be a really great user friendly aircraft. Yes it was slow, but what the heck, you get paid by the hour. It took about 6 months to really understand the automation and make it work for you, but after that you could play that FMC like a musical instrument. I'm currently on the 737, but if I had a chance to fly the F-100 again, I would and love it! Everytime I see one fly by I miss it more and more...

Follow the link below to see a formation flight of the airplanes for Brand X after we retired them.
http://www.usaviation.com/gallery/display1.asp?func=display&resid=508&tree=111

Just my 2 cents...

J3

 

[Swaayze]

I got a whopping 90 hours or so before I was furloughed from the F100. I've been trying to remember the total fuel avail and typical fuel flow (IOW what's the effective endurance/range of the airplane w/ reserves?)! I sure enjoyed the airplane for that brief time.

 

[fokkerjet]

For the F-100, the quanitites vary depending if you have the center fuel tank, or not, and if it's a bladder type fuel cell or an integral fuel tank:

On both the F70 and F100: Wings hold 17,043 lbs. and the
center (integral center tank) holds 6,570 lbs. On the F100 with the bladder fuel cell, it holds 5,538 lbs.

With full fuel on the F70, and m.73, plan on about 4+45 max range.

 

[B190Captain]

Thanks guys

 

[jergar999]

Thank you B190 Captain

Is someone a G Gordon Liddy fan?

 

[Cardinal]

"Packed and stacked"?

 

[B190Captain]

Re: don't think there are any left

They were all phased out in the mid 80's replaced in the Guard and Reserves by the F-4. I mean it was a 1950's fighter jet ann it was time to go.

Thanks but I was not referring to the Voodoo.

 

[Russ]

F100 was the super sabre
F101 was the voodoo

 

[B190Captain]

Youre right, I was off by 1. hehe!!