Beech 1900D
Manufacturer: Raytheon Beechcraft in Wichita, USA
Year of Manufacture: 1997
Purpose: Transport
Capacity: 2 pilots, maximum 18 passengers
Operated since: 2007
Number of aircraft procured: 1
Registration: T-729 (ex HB-AEN, ex D-CBIG)
Year of Manufacture: 1997
Purpose: Transport
Capacity: 2 pilots, maximum 18 passengers
Operated since: 2007
Number of aircraft procured: 1
Registration: T-729 (ex HB-AEN, ex D-CBIG)
On 4 April 2007, the Beech 1900D which has been hired by the Swiss Air Force for three years crossed the Swiss border from Germany at 10:35 a.m. and landed shortly afterwards in Bern-Belp. The plane is run by the Federal Air Transport Service (LTDB) and is stationed at Dübendorf. The machine is matriculated in Germany as D-CBIG, but has the Swiss cross painted on its rudder and SWISS AIR FORCE written across its fuselage. The oval fuselage of the Beech 1900D with a cabin height of 1,81 m has been especially designed to allow passengers to stand upright. The Beech 1900D replaces the Learjet 35A which has been decommissioned since 10 April 2007.
Technical Data:
| Max. speed: | High Speed Cruise: 280 Kts |
| Range: | rund 2'800 km |
| Length: | 17.62 m |
| Height: | 4.72 m |
| Width span: | 17.64 m |
| Flight weight: | 7'800 kg |
| Engine: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67 mit je ca 1400 PS |
| Type: | Turboprop |
Photographs
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