Flying in the QantasLink Fokker 100 from Kalgoorlie to Perth
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- Join me in this trip report onboard a Qantas Fokker 100 ( F100 ) from Kalgorlie to Perth Airport in economy class captured in 4K and operated by Network Aviation.
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Aircraft: Fokker F28-0100 (F100) VH-NHJ
Flight: QF1607
Seat: 18A
Travel class: economy
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#qantas #tripreport #flightreport #fokker
0:00 intro
0:17 swallow fly
0:32 entering Kalgoorlie airport terminal
0:52 Kalgoorlie Qantas Lounge
1:36 Virgin Australia F100
2:16 my little Fokker 100
3:37 boarding
4:04 interior
05:00 takeoff
7:07 catering
7:26 landing and summary
"And this little Fokker, is our aircraft". Well played!
I had to pull that line somewhere haha
@@PaulStewartAviation 😆 I got the joke!
Awesome video, Paul! Thanks for the info on the wing. Had no idea the Fokker had so many clever design elements…
Cheers Jeb!
@Jeb Brooks @Paul Stewart you need to do a Collab post pandemic
I fly to the mines all the time on these planes and love them.
I'm 196cm (6ft 6) and still have leg room.
Less bumpiness in the cabin when you go through turbulence or just the pilots making great moves to get out of town 😝
Really enjoyable! Interesting details about the wing. I love how you're bringing your avgeekery nerdiness from your tour videos into your trip reports!
I was going to say this too. Really enjoyable.
Cheers mate
That is an immaculate looking aircraft. Usually older aircraft are nasty under the air brakes (or whatever they're called). Good job Qantas!
In the Netherlands there was a TV series called "Vliegende Hollanders" (flying dutchmen). The series is about Anthony Fokker and Albert Plesman, two aviation pioneers who stood at the cradle of civil aviation in the Netherlands. As an aviation nerd you probably like it
I'm related to Albert Plesman!
Thought I'd better catch up and finally watch this little Fokker.
Yes you should haha. And the other even little-er Fokker 50 vlog 😂
I have only ever travelled on an F100 once which was on SR from CPH to GVA in 1989. Believe it or not this small aircraft was configured in a 3 class configuration, FCY. Fixed size 8 seat F cabin 2 X 2 seating, flexible divider 'Euro business' concept with 2 X 3 seating in C and Y. Flying on this type of aircraft would be a similar experience to flying on the BAC-1-11 or DC9 (have travelled a lot on both of these types). I like the 2 X 3 seating. Good for low noise levels but not so good in terns of noise for those unfortunate enough to be seated at the very back of the cabin near to the engines. Seats on this aircraft look comfortable; well padded with good legroom.
Pretty nice to see a video that is positive and enthusiastic, in a world that has become so critical, good job.
Cheers Steve! Negativity sells, unfortunately, but there is a lot of good in this world too. :)
Love it! The Fokker 100 will always have a special place in my heart!
"What a day." Indeed! 🪂👍🏻
Thank you, Paul, for sharing your awesome video and all the information with us.
Watching out of the window seeing the engine, the wing and the beautiful landscape of Australia - awesome.
Glad you enjoyed it
The Fokker 100, successful aircraft that crashed the company who made it. Difficult to compete with MD95 / Boeing 717 and many other aircraft in that market segment. As for the roo's paws missing, what's next the head? That's the problem when you keep cutting back at what was once an amazing company.
I agree
Excellent video, well researched commentary too. Back in the 80s, I worked on both the F27 Friendship and F28 Fellowship as cabin crew. Both were amazing to work on, very reliable, and popular with passengers and us crew alike, especially the F28.
Really enjoyed watching this video, it was very informative from start to finish.
Never flown on a Fokker 100 but on a 717 in 2019 to Kalgoorlie,another great video in my home state of Western Australia.
Cheers! Expect a few more WA videos :)
@@PaulStewartAviation perfect cannot wait :)
I did my first solo at Kalgoorlie in VH-KGA, a C172 back in 1979. 40 years later when I once again touched down there after flying my Glasair from Canberra, they'd moved the terminal from over the other side of the field and things looked a lot more schmick. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Schmick is awfully close to shmuck. Take note.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@sactu1 Schmick isn't part of our vocabulary up here. BTW..YT is an American Platform.
Great Video! I flew on the F100 in the 90's on American Airlines.
I giggled with adolescent glee all through this video.
Thanks for posting
Nicely done. Thanks.
Thanks for this. I like the Fokker 100 which I used from Newcastle to Brisbane. It is one of the few jets I have never flown on Simulation.
Another awesome vidoe Paul! I first travelled on a Fokker - a Fokker 70 with Air Niugini domestic in 2001.
Loved it Paul! Brings back the memories, I was on the last KLM F70 flight from AMS-LHR in October 2017, I will hopefully be able to add this flight when I come to AUZ in '22!
Cheers Jett
Hi Paul. Great video. Thanks for the technical information about the wing. I flew on an Alliance Fokker 100 from BNE - MKY back in 2014. I was actually pleasantly surprised about what I thought might be a significant increase in noise at the rear of the aircraft.
I too hope to fly the Fokker one day. Another great vid to enjoy during lockdown! Cheers Paul.
Cheers mate
love your videos, so good to see the small planes still running around the country :)
Thank you very much!
Love your commentary videos Paul keep up the outstanding attention to detailed work!
Cheers Jake!
Another nice little flight. Such a beautiful landscape out there... didn't realise how many smaller open cut mines there are that are dotted around Kalgoorlie. I don't mind this aircraft, it has a nice clean look about it, especially with the engines mounted to the rear. Thanks Paul.
Yeah I went for a drive today and there's little mines everywhere. Cheers
nice video. i worked for several years as an groundengineer on the f28/f70/f100 and f50, great planes to work on. Interesting fact is that with speedbrakes extended (complete rear most part of the tail) it was one of the few aircraft being able to fly the steep approach into londen city airport. The two most inboard liftdumpers extend less far to avoid disturbing the airflow into the engines.
Excellent. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
The spoilers flip up at the front of the wing at landing.
This is to break aerodynamic lift to help the plane land.
Plane wings overall have an astonishing range of functions.
Interesting note, they are called spoilers because they “spoil” the lift.
I saw that when I was young, and I thought the wing broke lol.
This is a nice review of an excellent regional airline in the Fokker 100, Paul.
Thanks David
Sturdy. I love that word. 🧳💺🛩
it's a sturdy word
Being the 'flap fan' that I am, I LOVE that they have the degree markings on the wing!!! I could watch that the entire flight, lol. BTW I really enjoy all your trip reports. Interesting, informative, good amount of avgeekiness (I'm one after all, haha) and snippets of casual humour. Keep up the great work Paul.
Glad you enjoyed it my friend.
Omg 😱 I was tracking you through my flight app love your content
Nice!
I've flown regularly in F100's for over 10 years.
I'm about to fly out of Telfer tomorrow with Alliance in one......
Great aircraft!
FIFO? My hubby is at Telfer.
As a missionary kid in Papua New Guinea we used to fly on the Fokker F-27 Friendship, turbo prop. It was a great little plane.
My mother did the same thing. And relies were engineers for MAF (and still are).
Nice video Paul! I hope you enjoyed your stay In Kal! Not much of a 'city in the desert' these days, but Kalgoorlie-Boulder is unique and will always hold a special place in my heart as my birthplace and hometown of 23 years :)
Look forward to future videos from you matey
Cheers. I'm off to the goldfields museum shortly.
I never got the chance to fly on the F-100 when they were flown in the States by USAir and American, but I did fly on the F-28 when they were in the fleet of Piedmont Airlines. I remember flying from Key West to Miami and the crew was all excited because the founder of the airline, Thomas Henry Davis was on the flight. The cockpit played music through the intercom and the crew had a drink service on this very short flight. I could tell he was much loved by the crew members!
Thanks Paul for video enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this video!
My pleasure!
@@PaulStewartAviation Yeah!🔥
Great aircraft !
The leg room is amazing!
Nice little aircraft.
My all time favourite aeroplane is the F27 the nearest country to Australia still carring passengers is Indonesia
I have flowen many times from Bali to lombok.
The sound of the engines of the F100 on take off reminds me of the DC10
Nice video once again Paul.
Welcome back to Perth ✈️
Cheers!
Gave this video a thumbs up straight away just because you seem a decent human being.
Secondly though, who needs ife on a flight like that unless it's in darkness.
Your ife is called the window. Australia looks absolutely stunning. These videos of yours are seriously making me want to go to Oz
Cheers mate. Unfortunately I'm far from a decent human being prior to morning coffees. I'm a right old fokker 100.
@@PaulStewartAviation When you said about the little fokker I had a little chuckle but I do remember you saying it before.
I'll never see you first thing in the morning Paul, not unless you've used rohypnol. 🤣
Amazing review! This was a great video and such a unique plane, would've loved to see that takeoff at regular speed however
Paul fun vlog !
Thanks for making this video
It's my pleasure
@@PaulStewartAviation thank you
I flew one in Jan from Perth to Broome and I was surprised how roomy and comfy it was.
Another great vidio Paul I hope you can do a few more while your here in West Aus
Beautiful flight ✈ Paul
Cheers mate
Thanks for a great video good to see different type of aircraft use by Aussie airlines
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Stunning video Paul 💪
Glad you enjoyed it
As usual Paul a thoroughly informative & interesting video . I’m going to take the opportunity fly in a Fokker 100 as soon as I am able ..The Qantas Lounge seemed similiar to the Coffs Harbour lounge with addition of an outside area .. thanks again
Cheers Adrian
Lovely
cheers
Flew NHJ up to Broome last January, sat in 18A as well. Great review!!
Cheers James. Yep a perfect seat as you can see the fan blades, the ground and a bit of the wing. Avgeek heaven haha
Hi Paul,
A great overview of a great aircraft, I still feel it has many years of service ahead of it.
Stay Safe.
Kind regards
DS
Cheers Dave
Very good. I love the Fokker 100 and wish they were on the east coast. Great flight review.
Cheers mate.
'this little fokker is our plane' sounded bad to me
🤣
Fantastic video. I knew about the flaps and the stall fences, but did not understand the purpose of the black stripe. I’ve flown on the KLM Fokker 100 and loved its retro look. It really has a very solid and sturdy feel. I thought it was interesting that in the sped-up video of the landing there is virtually no wing flex. And that is exactly how it feels.
Cheers Richard
Well that's eerie. I just finished the episode of Lost where Hurley visited Kalgoorlie. Glad to see you didn't end up on a jungle island!
Random. 😂
haha. I must admit that I never finished that series. I watched the first few but then I lost interest.
The information about the icing on the wing is so true. Close family of my mother died in crash that happened in 1993 including Fokker 100. The plane crashed on lift off due to icing on the wings. The flight is Palair flight 301.
MacRobertson Miller Airlines operated between 1927 and 1993 and flew Fokkers from the 60's all over Western Australia.
First! Great video showcasing a classic aircraft!
Thanks a lot!
A great looking aircraft, love the double-slotted flaps too, rarely seen nowadays…
True! They were certainly a complicated contraption.
First time viewer here. Very interesting. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great flight repart Video !!!
Cheers mate
Its going to be very interesting Qantas to fly the A330-200 & A330-300 From Brisbane to Los Angeles
nice vid ngl i liked that this F100 was in the old livery
Cheers mate
I flew on a US Air Fokker 100 back in 1994 from Indianapolis to Orlando.
They're a great aircraft, a little rocket and very smooth. I've done many F100 (and F70) flights (up to 3.5 hrs) in Nth QLD also BNE - ASP, they're easily in my top 5 aircraft along with the B747-400, 767-300, 717-200. They sound really cool when those RR engines spool up too.
Agreed - the takeoff sound is great
I’m still yet to fly on one myself. Considering their age they still must be quite economical for Australian based airlines.
what a great aircraft! I hope the aviation gods smile on me and bless me with a flight one day.
Fingers crossed for you David
Another great video my friend keep up the good work p.s. flies are a source of protein
cheers
Thanks Paul, the new roo is moving with the times, but a roo still needs its paws
Haha fair comment. I agree that the new design does look cleaner. I wonder if they did a mock-up with a little paw or two.
Great aircraft. I fly them regularly with Alliance FIFO in Qld. Always up the back so I can get that view of and hear those engines roar!
It's a great sound!
We all flew the Fokker Friendship back in East West airlines and Airlines of NSW. It was the workhorse of Aussie regional airlines.
Great video Paul, as I live in the small Pilbara town of Karratha we fly on this plane and the a320 from here to perth and we rarely get planes with in flight entertainment by the way😂
I flew on a number of F-27s while living in the Netherlands and Luxembourg and on one trip chose a different routing so I could experience the F-28. Yes, a nice aircraft that competed well with the similar BAC 1-11. I didn't try out the Fokker 100s, though I did sample the Fokker 50 a couple of times.
Hope you enjoyed testing it out virtually in this video :)
I personally think the Fokker 100 is a great plane, it kinda looks like a MD 82 but advanced! Good video! Thanks for adding chapter markers since I want to get straight to point!😃🛩
Thanks for heart, also is it actually safe to travel? Will you like get stuck in quarantine??😰
cheers mate. Yep I wish I had discovered the chapter markers before now. Nah travel is safe inside WA but I would be careful travelling in QLD, NSW or VIC at the moment.
Nicely filmed Paul, liked the various wing feature descriptions. I’ve often thought the rear engine design made sense, especially for a quieter ride if up front. I wonder if it’s not as favoured now because of maintenance access? The size of Kalgoorlie Airport surprised me too...that’s the mining industry for sure...
Cheers James. Yeah I figure it's not as good for maintenance. And yeh, I guess QF built the lounge to encourage the FIFOs away from VA.
@@PaulStewartAviation Agree, would be much needed revenue at this time and worth the investment👍
An aircraft type I've never flown in...back in the 90s, Royal Brunei Airlines would fly these on their regional routes...including Kuching. I heard they had First Class onboard. As usual...a fantastic video...👍
Cheers Kenneth
Great video Paul as always. Hopefully will be able to fly one in a few years when Australia opens back up. Was also hoping to fly the F50 but the only airline I know that was still flying that plane was Air Antwerp but they have shut down.
Amapola (in Sweden), use the F50 aircraft in their fleet.
@@F50Aircraft Thank you, not heard of that airline, will have to check them out.
@@johndornoff no worries and yep you're right, Air Antwerp ceased operating in June. They had one aircraft in their fleet, the F50.
nice to come across this flight - I fly on a Virgin F100 to and from work each Friday, With Virgin we have access to wifi entertainment via our handheld devices, Yes love the leg room on the Fokker much better than other planes Apparently, we are losing the Fokker by the 1st quarter of 2023,
Yep VA are retiring theirs this year. I’ve got a vlog onboard a VA F100 too
Great video as usual Paul. I didn't realise how the word "Fokker" was pronounced until what you said at 1:51, :-). I always pronounce it as "Fork-ker." But the way you pronounce it is correct in the Dutch language (I checked on pronunciation website called 'Forvo') Anyway, look forward to seeing your next video.
It was a great comedy. Meet the Forkers.
cheers!
Great Work Paul!, I suppose Kalgoorlie would have a few flights a day probably mostly for the people that work at the mine. Fokker 100 is unique aircraft too. For some reason I prefer the old livery
Cheers mate. Yeah there's a lot of flights which is great for me getting back to explore Perth more.
Landing in Perth van sometimes be interesting if plane gets hit with one of the wind shears I think they are called. Been on a A330 that got hit as we touched down. Whole plane felt like it went side ways. So many people were screaming. Was pretty scary if I'm honest.
Glad you landed safely
The plane look really clean and shiny..you some how know its going to be well maintained well done you and the airline that operates it..tho it would be nice to see the cockpit for flight sim nerds like me
Hey mate, nah getting into the cockpit is difficult these days as the crew is busy. Check out my channel for my tour through a B-52 and 747 which does include the cockpit, though. :)
Flew this route so many times, we got board with the same food, so decided to change our dietary requirements so we could experience the differences. Interestingly it was the basically the same food but certain things removed or added
It's a pretty short flight too. We must have been cruising for just a few minutes before starting the descent
This aircraft is previously common in Indonesia, some airlines are used to operate them before for their domestic routes.
Am surprised you didn't mention the fancy reverse thrust with the weird buckets look-alike
Yeah I hoped to get a view of it when it was landing but unfortunately you couldn't see it.
Excellent video once again. Just amazed you can still fly around because I thought Australia was closed, or is that just over in the east.
Cheers David. NSW and Victoria are closed but the other states are mostly open.
Will
Love to fly in this ..
The RFDS museum at Kalgoorlie Airport is awesome , if you ever go back
I'm working here now so I'm already back :) Oh i did not know there was a rdfs museum here.
@@PaulStewartAviation cool. Check it out when you can. Not sure if they are still allowing it , but when I did a tour you got to go inside one of the aircraft and tour it . Outmost respect for the RFDS crews, such a tiny workspace to be saving lives in.
Go Quantas, the fokker100 is my favourite plane
Hi Paul.
That info you gave early in the video re the numbers painted on the wings was really cool.
I found myself automatically looking as the flaps were lowered to 42degrees on the approach into Perth, just a second or two before you announced that it was happening 😂
As a child in the 60's, I recall adds for either TAA or Ansett flying " Fokker Friendships", I am guessing that this Fokker-100 is a "newer" version of one of those, I never flew back then , so I don't recall much else.
My other question, the good ol' Mad Dog 80. It also has its engines on the rear of the fuselage. Do you think the Fokker is quieter ( especially in the rear),than the Mad Dog?
Also which is bigger ?
Thanks Heather! I believe that the Friendship was the turboprop one (F27) while the jet was called the F28 Fellowship. And this is the upgraded version of the F27 Fellowship.
Yeah I'm not sure tbh. It might be a little smaller than the 717.
Pual you should fly to Exmouth love to see you do that flight
A few years ago i booked a "redEdeal" on one of these... aka: The cheapest Qantas ticket... and as they do, they sent me the "you can pre-check-in now" message the night before. To my surprise, seat 1E was available to select... which i did. So I get there the next day to find that the front row, (and second row too, i think,) was actually first class, with both 1B and 1D being dedicated drink tray seats... and the passengers in 1A and 1C were clearly being waited on like First Class... and then there was me.... in the window seat... with more leg room than i could use... seriously, i tried to touch the wall panel in front of me with outstretched legs... couldn't. (Granted, i am only 5'6"... but still.) And to top it all off, we had the Americans in town for military exercises, (Rockhampton,) and they had the C5 parked right out my window. Aside from the two seats in the cockpit, i legit had the best seat that day... and paid less than anyone.... For the win 👍
I mainly fly Fokker 100s because I fly in and out of Paraburdoo to Perth and back