The Gippsland GA-8 Airvan is Australia's first successful utility aircraft since World War II, designed to fill the gap between six-seat and fourteen-seat aircraft in the rugged commercial transport market. First flown on March 3, 1995, it is a high-wing single-engine monoplane that seats eight occupants and can operate from rough airstrips. With a wingspan optimized for short-field performance and powered by a 300-320 horsepower Textron Lycoming IO-540 engine, the GA-8 achieved what few post-war Australian aircraft accomplished: sustained commercial production. The aircraft was manufactured by Gippsland Aeronautics in Victoria, Australia.
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| GRANT AVIATION INC | 2003 | GA8-03-028 | AK | A078EC |