Flying Module f15
This is not the aircraft involved in the scenario of module f15, but
it is a
similar model.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SeaPort_Airlines_Cessna_N1029Y_at_PDT_on_15Oct2015_-_1.jpeg
Your Cessna 208B Caravan is a high-wing aircraft with fixed landing gear. It has a single turboprop engine (a jet engine that turns a propellor) that burns jet fuel. There is normally just one pilot. The aircraft can carry about 9 to 13 passengers, and your aircraft also has an under-belly pod to carry extra baggage. To prevent the aircraft from tilting backward when people are boarding, you try to put as much baggage as possible toward the front of the airplane, in the front portion of the under-belly pod.
Your plane was built in 1995, and is in good working order. Cruise speed (the normal speed it flys) is about 185 knots (343 km/h), and stall speed (how slow it can fly before it falls out of the sky) is 61 knots (113 km/h) for a clean ice-free airplane. Typical range is almost 2,000 km. Max altitude is 25,000 ft. Base price is over US$ 2,000,000.
It has the equipment needed to fly in bad weather (instrument conditions). It is also certified to fly in light icing conditions:
X info. Extra info for experts. Not required for this module.
- Cessna Caravan info on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208_Caravan
- Info from AOPA: https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/aircraft-and-ownership/aircraft-fact-sheets/cessna-208b-grand-caravan
- Pilots Operating Handbook for a similar aircraft: https://www.redskyventures.org/doc/cessna-poh/Cessna_208_C208_675HP_1998_POH_Cessna-Caravan-updated-to-2004.pdf
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