Models

All-metal airframe, side-by-side seating, 65-year-old GA company: classic!

Tecnam P92-TD Basic Price: $138,900 (Lycoming); $119,900 (Rotax 912 ULS) Price As Flown: approx. $155,500 Engine: Lycoming YO-233-B2A, 115 hp Engine TBO (hrs.): 2,400 Wingspan (ft.): 28.5 Propeller: fixed-pitch, wood, two-blade Basic Empty Weight (lbs.): 850/760 (Lycoming/Rotax 912) Useful Load (lbs.): 470/560 (Lycoming/Rotax 912) Baggage Allowance (lbs.): 44 Fuel Capacity (gals): 22.4 (two wing tanks) […]

Cessna introduces a turbo diesel for the popular Skylane

2013 Cessna Skylane JT-A 2012 Cessna Turbo Skylane Engine(s) make/model: SMA SR-305-230E-C1 Lyc TIO-540-AK1A Horsepower: 230 235 TBO (hrs.) : 2400 2000 Fuel Type: Jet A 100LL Max Takeoff Weight (lbs.) : 3100 3100 Empty Weight (lbs.): 2100 (est) 2095 Useful Load, Std. (lbs.): 1000 1005 Usable Fuel, Std. (gals./lbs.): 87/592 (@6.8 lbs./gal.) 87/522 Payload, […]

The G-700S is resurrected as the AT-4, but still friendly as ever

Aero AT-4 Price As Flown: $135,000 Basic Price: (delivered, Northampton, Mass.) $105,000 Engine: Rotax 912ULS, 100 hp Engine TBO (hrs.): 2000 Wingspan (ft.): 27.4 Propeller: 3-blade, ELPROP, EASA-certified, ground-adjustable, carbon composite Basic Empty Weight (lbs.): 780-835 (varies with equipment) Useful Load (lbs.): 485-540 (varies with equipment) Fuel Capacity: 18.5 gallons (center mount tank) Max Takeoff […]

Kodiak Basic Price: $1,775,000 Engine Make/Model: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 Power: Max takeoff power (hp) = 750 hp Max continuous (hp) = 700 Propeller: 96-inch Hartzell constant speed, feathering, reversible Max Takeoff Weight (lbs.): 7255 Empty Weight, Std. (lbs.): 3770 Useful Load, Std. (lbs.): 3535 Fuel Capacity, Std. (gals): 320 Wingspan (ft.): 45 ft. Overall […]

Backcountry traveler or humanitarian hauler, Quest’s Kodiak does it all

Flight Design CTLSi Price as flown: $171,000 Wingspan (ft.): 28.2 Length (ft.): 21.8 Height (ft.): 7.7 Cabin Width (in.): 49 Empty Weight (lbs.): 810 Gross Weight (lbs.): 1,320 Fuel Capacity (gals.): 35 Fuel Economy (gph): 4.3 Power Plant: 100 hp Rotax 912iS Range (nm): 1055 PERFORMANCE Cruise Speed (kts., 75% power): 115 Vso (kts.): 39 […]

Fuel injection, constant refinements: why the CT line remains number one