View Full Version : Haiti twin engine Cessna Caravan !!
Melax
14th Sep 2007, 00:00
May be I'm Missing something, I thought Caravans have a single PT6 engine.
Well you never know in Haiti... Those street mechanics.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709131744DOWJONESDJONLINE000917_FORTUNE5.htm
rotornut
14th Sep 2007, 00:21
Could it be that the media got it wrong?
Melax
14th Sep 2007, 00:51
Of course as usual.. I was just being sarcastic. I thought it was funny.
discus2
14th Sep 2007, 01:00
Hi there,
Could be then a Caravan II.
The F406 which is a twin Turbine ...
Melax
14th Sep 2007, 01:17
:=No They operate 208's and the referenced accident is a Caravan 208, the following link is in french (je parle francais) clearly indicates that the aircraft involved was indeed a 208.
http://www.radiokiskeya.com/spip.php?article4107
HotDog
14th Sep 2007, 01:28
Well, there is a two engined 208, albeit driving a single propeller.
Soloy Pathfinder 21 A twin engine stretch of the 208 developed by the Soloy Corporation. This aircraft features two PT6D-114A engines driving a single propeller, and a 70 inch stretch behind the wing
Melax
14th Sep 2007, 01:42
Yeah well I seriously doubt that the only
Soloy Pathfinder 21 prototype is flying people in Haiti ..:eek:
Airbubba
17th Sep 2007, 19:04
This just in...
September 17, 2007
Correction: Airline Grounded Stories
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:24 p.m. ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- In stories Sept. 11 and Sept. 13, The Associated Press reported erroneously that two Cessna Caravan planes, which had made emergency landings in Haiti, were twin-engine aircraft. The Cessna Caravan is a single-engine plane.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Haiti-Airline-Grounded-CORRECTIVE.html