The
Department's Fleet of Gulfstream G1000s
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The G1000, otherwise known as the Turbo Commander 695A, was a stretched, pressurised, turbo-prop derivative of the orignal piston-powered Aero Commander models. It was powered by two Garrett Airesearch TPE 311-10s (similar to but more powerful than those in the Merlins) of 800 hp each and had a ceiling of 35,000 ft. The aircraft ordered for the Department were equipped with an early Electronic Flight Instrument System, Omega area navigation equipment, a VHF Direction Finder and external, rear-fuselage hardpoints for mounting droppable SAR stores. Apart from VH-LTM, the G1000s were all disposed of c.1993, along with the other remaining aircraft in the Civil Aviation Authority's general duties fleet. Click on the images below to see photos of the Department's G1000s:
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< VH-LTM (G1200) | ||
< VH-LTN N695GH, ex VH-LTN > |
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Loading SAR stores on a Departmental G1000
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