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JCHT International, 23 November 1967 IOMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SURVEY ... IEECHCRAFT 7: I 'eech Aircraft Corporation, Wichita, Kansas 67201, USA. British gents: Eagle Aircraft Services Ltd, Leavesden Aerodrome, nr y at ford, Herts. (Telephone: Garston 5233) eechcraft 99 Last May Beechcraft announced plans for a big [fort in the expanding third-level scheduled service feederline mrket, in which the company had long done reasonably well with le eight-seat piston-engined Queen Air. Basis of the effort was the ntirely new twin-turboprop 15-seat Model 99, which bears a istant relationship to the smaller and pressurised A90 King Air usiness aircraft also powered by the Pratt & Whitney PT6. The rototype 99 flew in July 1966, and development is well advanced jwards certification this year. Deliveries are scheduled for next pring. The 99 is unpressurised, and designed for short rough-field peration. It is in the same class as the successful and well stablished DHC Twin Otter, but will offer a higher cruising speed. he production 99 will have a larger nose with more luggage room. eech Model 99 Data 'owerplant: two 579 e.s.h.p. P&W PT6A-20 free-shaft turbo- rops. Dimensions: span, 45ft 10.5in; length, 44ft 6.5in; height, 4ft 4.5in; wheel track, 13ft; wheelbase, 17ft 11.8in. Weight: imp gross, 10,2501b; take-off gross, landing and zero fuel, 10,2001b; quipped empty, 5,6751b (15-seat interior). Fuel tankage: 311 nip gal total. Accommodation: cabin length, 25ft 4in ; nose hold ol, 44 cu ft; rear hold vol, 21 cu ft; max seating capacity, 15 assengers. Performance: FAR take-off field length (ISA, s.l., ross wt), 2,525ft; take-off speed (gross wt), 103kt; STOL take-off D 50ft, 1,650ft; FAR landing field length (ISA, s.l., gross wt), ,520ft; approach speed (gross wt), 99kt; STOL landing distance, ,810ft; max cruise speed, 217kt at 10,000ft; single-engine service eiling (ISA, gross wt), 10,000ft; maximum payload-range, up to ,0001b over very short stages, or 3,0001b (typical volumetric limited ayload) over 400 n.m. stages (ISA, still air, no fuel reserves, long- ange cruise technique); max-tanks payload-range, 980 n.m. with ,9121b. Price: £145,000 in Britain fully equipped. IRITTEN-NORMAN hitten-N'orman Ltd, Bembridge Airport, Isle of Wight, England. Telephone: Bembridge 2511 j5.) slander On August 10 last, a mere three years after the project 'as begun, the Islander received an ARB transport-category C of ^ and first deliveries were made to customers. By early October ive Islanders had been delivered (two to Loganair, one to Glosair md two to Jonas Arms), and services had begun. The factory at iembridge is now virtually complete and production is gathering nomentum. An output of one Islander per week is expected by the nd of this year, rising to ten per month by the end of 1968. British jovernment investment in the programme (which was launched and carried through the critical initial flight trials as a private venture) low totals £740,000 (£190,000 development contribution and £50,000 if interest-bearing loans to expand production). Flight references: 849 The Beechcraft 99 has seating for 15 passengers in a commuter- style interior layout © Iliffe Transport Publications Ltd 1967 44tnX'48in at floor The Britten-Norman Islander is the smallest practical airliner available. Maximum seating is for nine passengers into service and flight handling report, August 24, 1967. The 1968 model, for which details are given below, has a 2951b higher gross weight. Order list (deliveries begun and to be completed by mid-1968): Loganair, 2; Jonas, 32; Glosair, 1 ; Transgabon, 1 ; Airgabon, 1; R. Frogley, 2; Airtirrena, 4; Island Airways, 1; Irish Aviation Services, 1 ; Ostfriesische Luftaxi, 2; Middle East Operators, 2; Ecuavia, 1; Skywork, 1; Cameroons Air Transport, 2. Islander Data Powerplant: two 260 h.p. Lycoming O-540-Es. Dimensions: span, 49ft; length, 35ft 8in; height, 13ft 8in; wing area, 325 sq ft; wheel track, lift lOin; wheelbase, 14ft lin. Weights: ramp gross, take- off and landing max, 5,9951b; max zero fuel, 5,8001b; equipped empty, 3,7201b (10 seat interior incl pilot seat). Fuel capacity: 112 Imp gal. Accommodation: cabin length, 10ft; hold volume (aft), 36 cu ft; max seating capacity, 9 passengers 1 crew. Performance: BCAR factored take-off to 50ft (ISA, s.l., 5,7001b), 1,720ft; unfactored STOL take-off to 50ft, 940ft; take-off speed, 57kt; BCAR factored landing distance from 50ft (s.l., 5,7001b), 2,030ft; unfactored STOL landing from 50ft, 990ft; approach speed, 63kt; max cruising speed, 139kt at 6,500ft; max permitted operating altitude, 10,000ft; engine-out ceiling, 7,000ft; max payload-range (ISA, still air, no reserves, long-range cruise technique), 1,7501b over 155 njn.; full-tanks payload-range (same conditions), 1,3001b over 705 n.m. Price: ex-works without electronics or passenger seats, £22,150; approximate fully equipped ten-seater, £27,750. 'he Beechcraft 99 will enter service Mt spring NS99Afi
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