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The TBM 850 is the production name for the TBM 700N, an improved version of the aircraft powered by a single Pratt & Whitney PT6A-66D engine, which is flat rated at 850 shp (634 kW). The TBM 850 is limited to 700 shp (522 kW) for takeoff and landing; however, during cruise flight, the engine power can be increased to 850 shp (634 kW); this ...
A TBF-1 dropping a torpedo TBM-3Ds of VT(N)-90 January 1945 Six U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea US Navy TBMs (foreground) and SB2C Helldivers drop bombs on Hakodate in July 1945 A TBM-3R COD plane in the early 1950s TBM-3W TBF Avenger Torpedo ...
TBM-3. 69325 - privately owned in Camden, Tennessee. [18] 69329 - privately owned in Wilmington, Delaware. [19] 69459 - based at the War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. [20] [21] TBM-3E. 53119 - privately owned in Orange, California. [22] 53139 - based at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, Colorado ...
Data from www.socata.org SOCATA TB user group and TB21 POH General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 4 passengers Length: 7.75 m (25 ft 5 in) Wingspan: 9.85 m (32 ft 4 in) Height: 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in) Airfoil: RA 16 3C3 Empty weight: 911 kg (2,008 lb) EFIS and MTV 9 propeller Max takeoff weight: 1,400 kg (3,086 lb) Fuel capacity: 336 Liters (88.8 U.S. Gallons) Powerplant: 1 × LYCOMING TIO-540 ...
The new aircraft was expected to have tandem seating, be powered by a 224 kW (300 hp) piston engine and have a three-hour endurance. Similar designs were proposed by the SOCATA subsidiary of Aérospatiale (based on their TB 10 Tobago light aircraft) and by GEPAL (the GEPAL Mk II). The SOCATA proposal, the TB 30B, was chosen in February 1979. [1]
The history of SOCATA can be traced back to the founding of the French aircraft manufacturer Morane-Saulnier in 1911. During 1966, Morane-Saulnier changed its name to SOCATA (which is an abbreviation for Societe de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires, French for "Company for the construction of aircraft for tourism and business") following the company's acquisition by the state ...
The process of finalising purchase arrangements for the aircraft, which would represent the first sale of military equipment by Japan to India since the Second World War, have been protracted. [17] [18] During October 2016, ShinMaywa announced that it had reduced the offered price to around US$113 million per aircraft. [19]
It was designed by Vought but entered service and was manufactured by Consolidated Aircraft due to high demand for production lines. A competitor and contemporary to the Grumman TBF Avenger , both were designed to replace the older TBD Devastator but the Sea Wolf was subject to substantial delays and never saw combat in WW2.