article thumbnail

Robinson Helicopters launches new R88, company’s first new aircraft in 15 years

Aerotime

The R88 will become the largest aircraft Robinson has designed to date, with a capacity for eight main cabin seats, two cockpit seats, and a payload capacity of up to 1,800 lbs (816kg) with full fuel. In the cockpit, the R88 will feature a Garmin avionics suite, including large G500H TXi displays touchscreen controls.

Payload 286
article thumbnail

First Cessna SkyCourier arrives in Canada after clearing national certification  

Aerotime

The SkyCourier is a versatile aircraft, with cabin flexibility, high payload capability and performance and low operating costs. The aircraft has a roomy cockpit, its easy to fly and the avionics are user friendly. We look forward to putting it to use.

Payload 286
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Robinson Helicopter Company Announces R88

Plane and Pilot

Powered by Safran Helicopter Engines Arriel 2W engine producing 1,000 shaft horsepower, the R88 has an occupancy of eight main cabin seats, two cockpit seats, and a payload of up to 1,800 pounds with full fuel. This is exactly what our 10,000-plus existing customers have come to expect from Robinson. hour endurance.

Payload 98
article thumbnail

Embraer Executive Jets CCO on the firm’s product strategy 

Aerotime

It’s got the redundancies built in, it’s got that tremendous safety factor, but most importantly for us, is what we’ve been able to do inside that cockpit with the HUD, the Enhanced Vision System. Embraer Praetor 600 cockpit. It’s just, with the Praetor 500, you have a stand-up cabin and more range, obviously.

Jet 278
article thumbnail

Building The Last B-36 ‘Peacemaker’…in a Garage

Vintage Aviation News

Since 2020, Brian has been toiling in his garage, building the cockpit of a B-36H. The Peacemaker was the only American aircraft with the range and payload to carry atomic bombs from American soil to the USSR. The cockpit canopy, structure, sides, and base are all complete, or nearly so.

Cockpit 105
article thumbnail

First Canadian Cessna SkyCourier Delivered

AV Web

In freighter configuration, the SkyCourier can accommodate three LD3 cargo containers with a payload of up to 6,000 pounds. Rick Horwath, president and CEO, Air Bravo, said, The aircraft has a roomy cockpit, its easy to fly and the avionics are user-friendly. We look forward to putting it to use.

Payload 111
article thumbnail

Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

Note the radome above the cockpit. “Machine gun fire you could definitely hear the firing, even from the cockpit and over the noise of all four engines. However, due to other noises generated by the slipstream, engines and being inside of a ‘tin can,’ the gunfire noise in the cockpit area wasnt too disturbing.