Basler BT-67

Infobox Aircraft
name=Basler BT-67
type=Cargo aircraft
manufacturer=Basler Turbo Conversions


caption=A Basler BT-67 at Williams Field, Antarctica.
introduced=January, 1990
unit cost=US$4.5 million
developed from=Douglas DC-3The Basler BT-67 is a fixed-wing aircraft produced by Basler Turbo Conversions. It is built on a retrofitted Douglas DC-3 airframe, with modifications designed to improve the DC-3's serviceable lifetime. The conversion includes fitting the airframe with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R turboprop engines, lengthening the fuselage, strengthening the airframe, upgrading the avionics, and making modifications to the wings' leading edge and wing tip.

Operators

Civilian operators

* Aerocontractors, United States
* Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI), South Africa
* Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
* Bell Geospace Aviation, Inc, United States
* Kenn Borek Air, Canada
* Spectrum Air Surveys, South Africa
* United States Forest Service, United States

Military operators

; BOL
* Bolivian Air Force; COL
* Colombian Air Force
* Colombian National Police; SLV
* El Salvador Air Force; GTM
* Guatemalan Air Force ;flag|Malawi
* Malawi Air Force; MLI
* Mali Air Force; MRT
* Mauritanian Air Force; THA
* Royal Thai Air Force; USA
* United States Air Force

Incidents

* On 22 December 2007, the Basler BT-67 operated by Kenn Borek Air for the United States Antarctic Program crashed on take off from a field camp near Mount Patterson, West Antarctica. There were no serious injuries, but the aircraft sustained heavy damage. [ [http://mitchell-antarctica.blogspot.com/2007/12/incidenti-guess.html Antarctica: an incident...I guess ] ] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/world/22briefs-polar.html 10 Survive Plane Crash - New York Times ] ] The aircraft was repaired by Kenn Borek Air technicians and, thirty days to the day after the incident, it was successfully flown off the ice to its home base in Calgary, Alberta.Fact|date=April 2008

pecifications (BT-67)

aircraft specifications
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crew= Two (pilot & co-pilot)
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length main= 67 ft 8 in
length alt= 20.65 m
span main= 95 ft 8 in
span alt= 29.16 m
height main= 18 ft 3 in
height alt= 5.56 m
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empty weight main= 15,750 lb
empty weight alt= 7,100 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 28,750 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 13,000 kg
propellers=5-bladed Hartzell
engine (prop)=Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R
type of prop=turboprops
number of props=2
power main= 1,424 hp
power alt= 1,062 kW
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max speed main= 215 knots
max speed alt= 247 mph, 398 km/h
cruise speed main= 205 knots
cruise speed alt= 236 mph, 380 km/h
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range main= 1,860 nm
range alt= 2,140 mi, 3,440 km
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power/mass main= 0.099 hp/lb
power/mass alt= 163 W/kg
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References

* [http://www.baslerturbo.com/ Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC]
* [http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/pastIssues/2000-2001/2000_11_12.pdf "The Antarctic Sun" "A Timeless Machine Returns"]
* [http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/pastIssues/2000-2001/2000_11_26.pdf "The Antarctic Sun" "Modern plane and old history maker, are birds of a feather"]
* http://www.borekair.com/index.php?cat=fleet

ee also

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* Douglas DC-3
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