Anybody ever fly a Cessna F406 Caravan II???

[Lear Wanna Be]

If so, could you give me the low down on the aircraft. Such as flying characteristics, fuel burn, normal cruise TAS, total fuel, and useful load. Any help would be great. I know there are only a few in the states, but I am trying research some numbers.

Thanks

 

[Flysher]

out of my own curiosity I found this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_406#Performance

looks pretty nice, did you get a gig flying one?

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

No, not yet. The company is looking hard at buying one. Trying to find some info and decide if it is a good or bad thing. I would be flying it and I don't want a quirky airplane or maintenance pig that is going to get me stuck out on the road.

Since there are not any around here, it should at least be a fun ferry flight from "parts unknown".

 

[pa31capt]

I think prioity air out of ohio operates one, they might give you the info.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

They do and I doubt they will give out anything. They are hard to deal with if they think you might be the competition. Was hoping we might have one of their pilots on this board. There are only 8 registered in the U.S.. Priority has one, there is one in the Virgin Islands, and the rest are in Alaska. Oh well, it was worth a try.

 

[flyalot]

Hagelands in Alaska flys them. Give them a call in Anchorage.

 

[neil armstrong]

I did fly them in Europe many years ago!
Cant tell you anything about the performance anymore but it was a nice reliable aircraft to fly.

Neil

 

[kingairyahoo]

...with only 8 of them around, why not consider a regular conquest???

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

Cargo door

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

Hagelands in Alaska flys them. Give them a call in Anchorage.

Good call Flyalot. Their CP was more than helpful. Over all answer, great airplane.

 

[flyalot]

Sure thing!

 

[Trogdor]

out of my own curiosity I found this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_406#Performance

looks pretty nice, did you get a gig flying one?

Nice looking bird, although now we know where the long wing Citations got their empennage.

 

[twott driver]

Post this question on the pprune.org africa forum. Quite a few there doing a lot of flying, and I know you will get some good gen.

Got a few hours in one doing freight, and enjoyed my time in it, although that was 5 years ago and the specific numbers escape me. Essentially a turbine C404 that is unpressurised, hauls a good load and is relatively fast.

No major maintenance issues that I know of, and the fact that they operate them in africa means that they have to be pretty reliable, as maintenance can be a loooooong way away sometimes. One can also fit a cargo pod under the fuselage which adds to the versatility and load carrying.

One quirk is that it can be a little pitch sensitive with an aft cg and a heavy load.

Good luck.