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The GA200C Fatman was Type Certificated by the Australian Civil Aviation Authority in 1991. In 1993 the company commenced design work on a new aircraft designated the GA8, to fill a market niche between the six-seater Cessna 206 and the ten-seater Cessna Caravan. The "proof of concept" GA8 Airvan made its first flight in March 1995 and appeared ...
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004 General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: five passengers Length: 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m) Height: 9 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (2.832 m) Wing area: 175.5 sq ft (16.30 m 2) Empty weight: 2,176 lb (987 kg) Max takeoff weight: 3,600 lb (1,633 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-540-AC1A naturally aspirated air-cooled flat-six ...
Operated Cessna 150, Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Cessna 177, Cessna 210, Cessna 310 [29] Arkaroola: 1968: 1973: Renamed Science Aids. Operated Cessna 206 [30] Arthur Morris Aviation: 1961: 1970: Renamed Great Western Airlines [31] Asian Express Airlines: HJ: AXF: 1996: 2008: Renamed from Premier Airlines in 1996 and rebranded as Tasman Cargo ...
January 2 – A Cessna 206 filled with skydivers crashed into a dam near Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [ 38 ] March 13 – Television personality Peter Tomarken and his second wife Kathleen are killed when Tomarken's Beechcraft Bonanza A36 , N16JR, crashed a few hundred feet off shore in Santa Monica Bay after ...
The prototype GA8 Airvan circa 1999 GA-8 with floats. According to aviation publication Flying, the aircraft was designed to fill a market niche perceived by the manufacturer between the six-seat Cessna 206 and fourteen-seat Cessna 208 Caravan models. [3]
2 – Cessna 172 Skyhawk; 3 – Cessna 207 Skywagon; 1 – Cessna 206 Stationair; San Juan Airlines has previously used Cessna Caravan, Beechcraft 99 and Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprops as well as Britten-Norman Islander and Cessna 402 prop aircraft. [7]
Textron eViation Nexus Tiltrotor eVTOL model at EBACE 2023. Textron completed its purchase of Beech Holdings in March 2014 for approximately US$1.4 billion in cash. The parent company, Textron, financed the equity purchase and the repayment of Beechcraft's debt in cash, plus its issue of US$600 million in senior notes and a new US$500 million five-year term loan.
Cessna Model A: 1927 70 Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna Model BW: 13 Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna CG-2: Glider Cessna CH-1: 1953 ~50 Single piston engine utility helicopter Cessna CH-4: Single piston engine utility helicopter Cessna CR-1: 1 Single piston engine monoplane racer Cessna CR-2: 1930 1