More than half of the 120 or so aircraft sold worldwide, however, are used for missions such as maritime surveillance, as the Surmar variant, pollution monitoring, as the Polmar variant, search and rescue missions, cartography / geosurvey and target towing. The maiden flight of the aircraft took place in September 1983 and the initial production aircraft flew first in April 1985.ĭescribed by Reims Aviation as a “workhorse”, the F406 is available as a 14-seat passenger transport, a six-seater for executive / VIP use or a small cargo transport, with a nominal maximum payload of just over 2,200kg for extra capacity a 1.3m³ cargo pod can be fitted to the belly of the aircraft, which can carry up to 320kg of general freight or passenger bags. About 83 aircraft are currently operating worldwide. It is a development of the Cessna 404 Titan, and similar to the pressurised Cessna 441 Conquest II. The Reims F406 Caravan II is a non-pressurised twin-turboprop aircraft designed and built by Reims Aviation in cooperation with Cessna. Surmar / Polmar customers include the Australian and Greek coastguards, Scottish Fisheries and British, French and US customs. The F406's standard avionics system is the Honeywell Silver Crown package, which includes two communication and navigation systems, glideslope and ADF. The F406 is available as a 14-seat passenger transport, a six-seater for executive / VIP use or a small cargo transport, with a nominal maximum payload of just over 2,200kg.
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