Aero Commander 500 family
Aero Design and Engineering CompanyAero CommanderRockwell-Standard CorporationNorth American RockwellRockwell InternationalGulfstream Aerospace · Utility and business aircraft · United States · Early Jet (1946–1969)
The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander company in 1950, and later a division of Rockwell International in 1965. Final production occurred in 1986 under the Gulfstream Aerospace name. The initial production version was the 200 mph, seven-seat Aero Commander 520. An improved version, the 500S, manufactured after 1967, is known as the Shrike Commander. Larger variants are known by numerous model names and designations, ranging up to the 330 mph, 11-seat Model 695B/Jetprop 1000B turboprop. As of recent, the Aero Commander is known as the Twin Commander.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Aero Design and Engineering CompanyAero CommanderRockwell-Standard CorporationNorth American RockwellRockwell InternationalGulfstream Aerospace
- Co-Manufacturer
- Aero Commander; Rockwell-Standard Corporation; North American Rockwell; Rockwell International; Gulfstream Aerospace
- Primary Role
- Utility and business aircraft
- Status
- Active
- Service Entry
- 1952
- Produced
- 1951–1986
- Engine
- 2× air-cooled flat-six piston engines
- Thrust / Power
- 290 hp (216 kW) each
- Length (ft)
- 36
- Wingspan (ft)
- 49
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 4635
- MTOW (lb)
- 6750
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 19400
- Range (mi)
- 1078
- Max Speed (mph)
- 215