Aircraft

Vistaliner

Specifications:

  • First flight: 20 May 1965
  • Maximum Takeoff Weight: 12,500 lb (5670 kg)
  • Maximum Landing Weight: 12,300 lb (5579 kg)
  • Maximum Operating Speed: 170 ktas
  • Maximum Cruise Speed at 10,000 ft: 82 ktas

Design:

  • High-wing monoplane design
  • Fixed tricycle undercarriage
  • All-metal airframe
  • Non-pressurized

Fuel:

  • Fuel Capacities: 378 US Gallons
  • Long Range Fuel Capacities: 89 US Gallons

Size:

  • Wingspan: 65 ft
  • Wing Area: 420 sq ft
  • Length: 51 ft 9 in
  • Height: 19 ft 6 in
  • Cabin Length: 18 ft 6 in

Passengers:

  • Number of Crew: 1-2
  • Number of Passengers: 19

Speed:

  • Maximum Cruise Speed: 150 ktas

Avionics:

  • KMA24H-71 Audio Panel
  • KX-155 Comm/Nav
  • Garmin GNS430 Comm/​Nav/​GPS
  • KN-62A DME
  • 331A-3G ​ H.S.I. with Glidescope
  • KI-204 ​ Nav Indicator
  • KT-76A ​ Transponder
  • D120-P2-T Encoder (20,​000'​) [note: 2 each installed in N174GC]
  • C-14 Compass System
  • CVR-30 Cockpit Voice Recorder (or equivalent model)
  • RDS-81 Color Weather Radar System
  • MK-VI Ground Proximity Warning System
  • ALT-55B Radar Altimeter
  • Bendix-King TCAS I
  • GX-55 G.P.S.
  • KR-87 A.D.F. (only installed on N171GC, N173GC, and N178GC)
  • Sandel STE3400 ​ Terrain Avoidance Warning System
  • MD-41/​TCAS