Cessna 411

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Cessna 411
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Cessna 411A
RoleLight passenger/cargo aircraft
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Cessna
First flightJuly 18, 1962
Produced1962-1968
Number built302
Developed from Cessna 310
Variants Cessna 401/402
Cessna 421

The Cessna Model 411 is an American twin-engined, propeller-driven light aircraft built by Cessna Aircraft. It was that company's largest business aircraft to enter production when it first flew in 1962.

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Design and development

Early Cessna 411 from Switzerland fitted with the shorter nose Cessna 411- 0106 HB-LCV HAN 07.05.66 edited-3.jpg
Early Cessna 411 from Switzerland fitted with the shorter nose

The 411 is an eight-seat low-wing twin-engined cabin monoplane with retractable landing gear and an airstair entrance door. [1] It has two 340 hp (254 kW) Continental GTSIO-520-C engines with three-bladed propellers. [2] It has a retractable tricycle landing gear and an airstair door and the prototype first flew on 18 July 1962. [1] During 1965 Cessna developed two generally similar and lower-cost versions, the Model 401 and Model 402. [3] Production of the 411 finished in 1968 whilst a pressurized version of the 411 was developed as the Cessna 421. [4]

Variants

Cessna 411
Production variant, obtained type certificate awarded in 1964, 252-built. [1] [2]
Cessna 411A
A 411 with larger nose baggage capacity but the same overall length fuselage and optional tanks in engine nacelles, type certificate awarded in 1967, 50 built. [1] [2]

Operators

Military operators

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French Air and Space Force - Six 411s were delivered between 1966 and 1969 as communications aircraft, the four surviving aircraft were transferred to the CEV in 1973 and 1974. [5] Two were used by Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles for VIP transport duties. [6]

Specifications

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3-view line drawing of the Cessna 411A

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [7]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 Simpson 1991, p. 109
  2. 1 2 3 Federal Aviation Authority Type Certificate Data Sheet A7CE
  3. Simpson 1991, p. 108
  4. Rod Simpson: The General Aviation Handbook, Hinckley 2005, p. 89
  5. Jackson 1979, p. 118
  6. (in French) http://www.avionslegendaires.net/2017/07/actu/le-glam-au-debut-des-annees-1970/
  7. Taylor 1965, p.210.
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