Production of BN-Trislander

[German-Islandhopper]

Hello togehter,

I've got a question to all Britten Norman connoisseur.
I've read in 2003 that BN will restart the Trislander production in the future. Until today I don't get any further information about this plan. Maybe one of you know something more?

Greets from Germany
Joerg

[Mud Skipper]

18 Seats

The Trislander is the only contemporary 18 seat piston-engined aircraft available on the market today.

That can't be right, my boss in PNG told me they were a 30 seater and 65kts at 13000' was a normal operation???

What a scary thought if thats the best British aviation is able to produce in 2007.

[Torquelink]

Worked for them many, many years ago. Standard demo trick was to shut down both wing engines so pax / potential customer could see only stationary props while still droning along. Couldn't do it for too long though as there's no genny on the No. 2 engine.

[WHBM]

Originally Posted by Mike Jenvey

Depends what you want the "product" to do - land on beaches/unprepared strips?

Yes, but that is not from an accurate analysis of the market (especially for new aircraft) where 99.9% of operations are off proper runways. The desire to land on beaches really disappeared 60 years ago with the advent of helicopters.