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The PAC Cresco is a turboprop-powered derivative of the Fletcher FU-24 (later called the PAC Fletcher) aerial topdressing aircraft, manufactured by the Pacific Aerospace Corporation in Hamilton, New Zealand.
The Dornier Seastar is a turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft built largely of composite materials.Developed by Claudius Dornier Jr [] of Germany, it first flew in 1984.. The design is owned by Claudius Jr's son, Conrado, who founded Dornier Seawings AG (now Dornier Seawings) to continue work on the project after two previous firms, Claudius Dornier Aircraft and Dornier Composite Aircraft ...
Also in 2006, Gulfstream announced plans to expand its manufacturing and service facilities in Savannah. The seven-year, $400 million Long-Range Facilities Master Plan included the creation of a new 624,588-square-foot (58,030 m 2 ) service center, an independent fuel farm, a 42,600-square-foot (3,960 m 2 ) paint hangar and the addition of a ...
Tu-114s were also used for charter operations for senior officials of the USSR and various official delegations. The Tu-114 had a short commercial service life compared with other Soviet airliners, being operated on regular flights from 1961 to 1976 (in comparison, the Il-62 is still in civilian service 52 years after its introduction, as of 2019).
The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing utility transport turboprop aircraft developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou.The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance and is able to take off in distances much shorter than even most light aircraft can manage.
The ATP was developed during the 1980s, events such as such as the 1979 oil crisis and increasing public concern regarding aircraft noise led business planners at British Aerospace to believe that there was a market for a short-range, low-noise, fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft.
The Avanti is operated by charter companies and small feeder airlines, and is also used as a business aircraft. The fractional aircraft operator Avantair was Piaggio's largest client, with a fleet of 57 Avanti aircraft, [28] before they went bankrupt and the fleet was liquidated. [77] [78]
The engine is a Pratt & Whitney PT6-67A turboprop flat rated to 1200 hp. [4] The prototype LT first flew in 2004. [1] The prototype Dynasty, Epic LT number 14, had logged over 1000 hours of certification flight testing by 23 October 2006, but certification was not complete in June 2009, with the company reporting over 2000 test hours flown.