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TAI Hürkuş
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The TAI Hürkuş (Turkish for "Free Bird") is a tandem two-seat, low-wing, single-engine, turboprop aircraft being produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) as a trainer and ground attack aircraft for the Turkish Armed Forces. The aircraft is named after Vecihi Hürkuş, a World War I and Turkish Independence War veteran pilot, a Turkish aviation pioneer and the first Turkish airplane manufacturer.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Turkish Aerospace Industries
- Category
- Trainers
- First flight
- 2013-08-29
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 250 kt
- Max speed
- 310 kt
- Range
- 798 nm
- Service ceiling
- 34,701 ft
- Rate of climb
- 3,000 ft/min
- Powerplant
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68T
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 36.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 32.8 ft
- Height
- 12.2 ft
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.