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1983
1983 - 2114.PDF
BUSINESS JETS AND TURBOPROPS Beech Starship I WORLD TURBOPROP POPULATION Aeritalia AP.68TP Commander Nomad Beech Turbo 18 Beech 99/899 Beech King Air 90 variants King Air 100/200 series Cessna 425 Cessna 441 Convair 580/640 DHC Twin Otter Embraer 110/121 Fokker F.27/FH-227 Gulfstream l/IC Jetstream HS.748 Mitsubishi MU-2 variants Piaggio 166TP Piper Cheyenne Skyvan Merlin Metro Other types TOTAL REGIONAL TOTALS (All Types) Region Jets Africa 132 Asia 197 Central America 203 Europe 500 North America 4,103 Oceania 48 South America 153 Totals 5,336 Source: Aviation Data Service, Wichita. 1 980 11 30 8 1,526 1,532 170 311 39 125 95 72 185 13 15 641 8 868 21 363 7 98 7,119 Turboprops 214 160 170 537 5,427 103 508 7,119 Kansas. THINGS TO COME (turboprops) Type Engine Cabin size (ft) Width Height Pass engers Weights (lb) Normal empty Max fuel Max take-off Max landing Cruise speeds Balanced field Max Long- length (kt) range (ft) Range Price (max/ (US$) n.m.) Avtek 400 2x680 s.h.p. PWAC PT6-28 72 — 6-9 3,300 1,610 5,500 — 425 — 1,250 2,260 Cabin width is max. Field length is "take-off distance". Speed is maximum. Range with six occupants. Beech Lightning 38P One 550 s.h.p. Garrett TPE331 Starship I 2x1,000 s.h.p. PWAC PT6A-60 3-5 4 2 5 — 1,270 5,800 Will be offered with PT6A-116/PT6A-40/TPE331-9 options. 55 5-5 8-10 — — 12,500 Price $(1983). 281 207 350+ — 1,200 495,000 — 2,742,000 Cessna 208 Caravan I One 600 s.h.p. PWAC PT6A-114 406 Caravan II 2x500 s.h.p. PT6A-112 5-2 4-25 13 3,415 2,231 7,000 7,000 187 n/a 1,351 n/a 595,000 Deliveries begin October 1984. 4 66 4 25 13 4,961 3,183 9,360 9,360 256 n/a 2,370 n/a 1,095,000 Manufactured in France by Reims Aviation. Fairchild 400 One 1,100 s.h.p. Garrett TPE331 5 2 4-75 14 — — 16,000 15,675 347 — 3,119 1,688 — BFL is t-o to 50ft. Range is at max. cruise with 2 crew only; 16-passenger range is 1,217 n.m. Fairchild estimates. GAF Hawk International 125 One 1,173 s.h.p. PWAC PT6A-45B 6 66 70 — 6,250 2,400 14,500 — 152 Production aircraft expected to use PT6A-65B/R. Field length is take-off to 50ft. 126 1,130 900 850,000 Gates-Piaggio GP-180 2x700 s.h.p. PWAC PT6A-60 60 5 75 7-9 6,200 2,680 9,800 9,310 400 — 2,413 2,100 2,695,000 400kt is estimated max. speed. Range is with four passengers at 320kt. Price $ (1983) BFL is take-off to 50ft. Lear Fan 2100 2x650 s.h.p. PWAC PT6B-35F 4 8 4 75 7 4,900 1,550 7,350 7,000 360 280 3,500 1,650 1,963,000 4,1001b is manufacturer's "bare empty weight". Range is at 300kt, 35 US gal/hr and reserves. 360kt is max. speed. OMAC Mk1 One 700 s.h.p. Lycoming LTP101 — — 6 3,100 1,920 6,000 — 242 200 2,500 2,690 BFL is estimated t-o to 50ft. Range is with 2,900lb useful load and Ihr reserve. Figs subject to flight-test. 580,000 Smith Prop Jet One 550 s.h.p. PWAC PT6A-41 — — 5 1,265 Production aircraft will have 200lb more fuel. 300+ 850 670,000 THINGS TO COME (turbofan/jets) Dassault Falcon 900 3x4,500lb Garrett TFE731-5 7-7 6-1 8-16 22,575 19,000 45,500 42,200 500 Range is with eight passengers. Price quotations are subject to escalation. 430 5,400 4,200 13,500,000 Gulfstream American GIV 2x12,450lbR-RTay 7-33 6 1 19 39,900 29,300 69,700 58,500 501 39,900 is operating empty weight. Range is WBAA IFR with eight passengers. 5,100 4,000 13,470,000 Israel Aircraft Astra 2x3,650lb Garrett TFE731-3B-100G 4 75 56 9 — 8,600 23,500 20,700 473 — 5,350 3,337 Fuel is usable; additional 670lb available in standard extension tank, included in other weights. Range is 5 pax. 5,995,000 Mitsubishi Diamond II 2x2,900lb PWAC JT1 5D-5 4-9 48 7-9 9,080 4,260 15,170 Optional 4,930lb fuel gives range of 1,850 n.m. 13,900 456 394 3,410 1,580 — FLIGHT International, 19 November 1983
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