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|number built=58<ref>{{cite web | url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Name_Results.aspx?Nametxt=BASLER+TURBO&sort_option=1&PageNo=1 | title=FAA Registry Name Inquiry Results | publisher=FAA | date=2012-03-12 | accessdate=March 12, 2012 | quote=Name inquiry with FAA for "Basler Turbo" returns 26 Douglas DC-3/C-47 conversions.}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:59, 28 October 2016
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A Kenn Borek Air Basler BT-67 at Williams Field, Antarctica (2008) | |
Role | Cargo aircraft |
Manufacturer | Basler Turbo Conversions |
Introduction | January 1990 |
Number built | 58[1] |
Developed from | Douglas DC-3 |
The Basler BT-67 is a utility aircraft produced by Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is a remanufactured and modified Douglas DC-3; the modifications designed to significantly extend the DC-3's serviceable lifetime. The conversion includes fitting the airframe with new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R turboprop engines, lengthening the fuselage, strengthening the airframe, upgrading the avionics, and making modifications to the wings' leading edges and wing tips.
Due to the slightly higher fuel consumption of the turbine engines of the BT-67, compared to the original piston designs fitted to the standard DC-3, range on the standard fuel tank, with 45 minute reserve, is reduced from 1,160 to 950 nautical miles (2,150 to 1,760 km). Basler provides a long-range fuel tank which increases the aircraft range to 2,140 nmi (3,960 km).[2]
Operators
Civilian operators
- Aerocontractors, United States
- Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI), South Africa
- Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), United States
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
- Bell Geospace Aviation, Inc, United States
- Cargo North (North Star Air), Canada
- Kenn Borek Air, Canada
- Polar Research Institute of China, China[3]
- Spectrem Air Surveys, South Africa
- United States Forest Service, United States
- World Air Logistics, Thailand
Military operators
Accidents and incidents
Specifications (BT-67)
Data from Born Again Basler[10] and Jane's Civil and Military Aircraft Upgrades 1994–95[11]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two (pilot & co-pilot)
- Capacity: 38 Passengers
- Length: 67 ft 9 in (20.65 m)
- Wingspan: 95 ft 0 in (28.95 m)
- Height: 16 ft 11 in (5.15 m)
- Empty weight: 15,700 lb (7,121 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 28,750 lb (13,041 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R turboprop engines, 1,281 shp (955 kW) each
- Propellers: 5-bladed Hartzell constant speed propellers, 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) diameter
Performance
- Cruise speed: 210 kn (240 mph, 390 km/h)
- Range: 2,140 nmi (2,460 mi, 3,960 km) with 45 minute reserve and long-range fuel tank
- Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
See also
Related development
Related lists
References
- ^ "FAA Registry Name Inquiry Results". FAA. 2012-03-12. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
Name inquiry with FAA for "Basler Turbo" returns 26 Douglas DC-3/C-47 conversions.
- ^ http://www.baslerturbo.com/power-and-performance.html
- ^ "China to facilitate aviation support in Antarctic research expeditions". Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ Hoyle 2015, p. 35.
- ^ Rivas 2015, p. 120.
- ^ Hoyle 2015, p. 37.
- ^ Hoyle 2015, pp. 38–39.
- ^ Hoyle 2015, p.43.
- ^ Hoyle 2015, p. 50.
- ^ Flight International 24–30 April 1991, p. 42.
- ^ Michell 1994, pp. 245–246.
- "Born Again Basler". Flight International. Vol. 139, no. 4264. 24–30 April 1991. pp. 40–43.
- Hoyle, Craig (8–14 December 2015). "World Air Forces Directory". Flight International. Vol. 188, no. 5517. pp. 26–53. ISSN 0015-3710.
- Michell, Simon (1994). Jane's Civil and Military Upgrades 1994–95. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1208-7.
- Rivas, Santiago (October 2015). "Fighting Colombia's Drug War". Air International. Vol. 89, no. 4. pp. 118–121. ISSN 0306-5634.