Fokker 100 | From success to failure

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Dive into history of the Fokker 100 airliner, its birth, ascent, incredible prospects and sad collapse. The Fokker 100 is a regional jet airliner created by the Dutch company Fokker in the late 1980s. The aircraft is based on the design of the Fokker F28 airliner and has increased dimensions to accommodate up to 122 passengers. At the beginning of the program, the aircraft was considered very promising and was even in great demand from airlines from all over the world. However, after a few years it started having problems. The global financial crises of the early 1990s, as well as the difficult situation of the company itself, led to the collapse of the program: production of the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 was discontinued just a decade after the start. These aircraft were efficient, technologically advanced and comfortable, but they could not cope with the vicissitudes of fate. They still fly, enjoy the authority and love of all industry participants, but, alas, they are becoming a thing of the past along with their creator. Welcome aboard! Subscribe to the channel, comment, and like! If you want to support Skyships and our work, welcome to our Patreon. We will create some special content for you there: https://www.patreon.com/skyships Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skyshipscom/ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skyships_world/ 00:00 – Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 00:26 – The Fokker projects 02:45 – The Fokker 100 05:23 - Birth of the airplane 06:17 - Way to success 07:12 – The US Modification 07:54 – The Rolls-Royce Tay 08:43 – Something wrong 09:33 – The Fokker 70 10:19 – Collapse of the Fokker