REQ.Ansett Fk.50s 1988

[Gulfstream42]

Hello everyone.

This is my first message on Scramble and hopefully I am posting it in the correct way and in the right place. Apologies in advance if I am doing this incorrectly.
This is quite a long shot, I know but I am hoping somebody can help me.

Back in 1988 I spent three days at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. 26th-28th February.

Outside the Fokker Facility there were four Ansett Australia Fk.50s. They didn’t move for the duration of time I was there. The weather was very poor and at the time I had some cheap binoculars, so it was impossible for me to read the registrations on the aircraft.

I am hoping that somebody has a log for those dates and possibly let me know the identifications of the four aircraft. I appreciate this is a long time ago, but I can only hope.

With kind regards, Simon Haywood

[Arjenp]

Welcome Simon!

One of them is VH-FNI Fokker F.27-050. c/n 20114, source here (Accepted by Ansett at Schiphol - February 25, 1988)

There is a historical movement topic for Amsterdam, you can find it here. Also a Golden Oldie request topic here.

[Gietje]

Seems to me like one of the others is VH-FNJ as that was "Accepted by Ansett at Schiphol - March 16, 1988" according to the same website.

[Gulfstream42]

Thank you so much for your effort, in answering my question.

I am beginning to think that 30+ years, may have distorted my memory! With your help, I have been
looking at delivery dates and I think it’s more likely that there were three there and probably not four.

H,I,J were delivered in February and March.

Once again thank you very much in answering my question, So quickly.

Kind regards, Simon