Fokker F-27 Piedmont Historical Modifications to the aircraft included

Modifications to the aircraft included a large "cupola" or hump which ran along the top of the aircraft from above the cockpit to just behind the trailing edge of the wings

an all new wing

day or night in all kinds of weather

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Its mission equipment package includes forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and image intensified television sensors for night pilotage and target acquisition

Fokker F-27 Piedmont Historical Modifications to the aircraft includedFokker F 27 Piedmont Airliines airplane model. Probably the closest to being the fabled DC 3 replacement, the Fokker F 27 Friendship, including the Fairchild built F 27 and FH 227, was built in greater numbers than any other western turboprop airliner. The Fokker F 27 began life as a 1950 design study known as the P275, a 32 seater powered by two Rolls Royce Dart turboprops. With the aid of Dutch government funding the P275 evolved into the F 27,