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The Rockwell Commander 112 is an American four-seat single-engined general aviation aircraft designed and built by North American Rockwell (later Rockwell International) starting in 1972. In 1976, they introduced the turbocharged version 112TC and mounting a larger engine with other minor improvements they introduced the Rockwell Commander 114 .
(Commander Aircraft Co) Commander 112; Commander 114; Commander 115; Commander Fanjet 1500; Commercial (Commercial Aircraft Corp, Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys, CA)
The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light-twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander company in 1950, and later a division of Rockwell International in 1965. Final production occurred under the Gulfstream Aerospace name.
O-360-A1A 180 hp (134 kW) at 2700 rpm, Minimum fuel grade 91/96 avgas, compression ratio 8.50:1.The base model. A four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, direct-drive engine which includes provisions for supplying oil through the propeller shaft for installation of a single-acting controllable-pitch propeller.
Commendatore means Knight Commander in Italian language. The sleek design drew inspiration from the famous Group C race cars. Eberhard Schultz, the company's founder, engaged engineers and technicians from Mercedes-Benz with approval from the company in the development of the car.
The IAI Westwind is a business jet initially produced by Aero Commander as the 1121 Jet Commander.Powered by twin GE CJ610 turbojets, it first flew on January 27, 1963, and received its type certification on November 4, 1964, before the first delivery.
The Aero Commander 100, various models of which were known as the Darter Commander and Lark Commander, is an American light aircraft produced in the 1960s. It was a high-wing monoplane of conventional design, equipped with fixed tricycle undercarriage .
On 18 April 2002, at 17:48 (local time), a small single-engine Rockwell Commander 112 crashed into the upper floors of the Pirelli Tower in Milan, Italy, for reasons still unclear. The crash killed the pilot and two others in the building. Sixty more people sustained injuries in the building and on the ground.