The Cessna Model 411 is an American twin-engined, propeller-driven light aircraft built by
Cessna Aircraft
Cessna () is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Originally, it was a brand of the Cessna Aircraft Company, an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing ...
. It was that company's largest business aircraft to enter production when it first flew in
1962
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Design and development
The 411 is an eight-seat low-wing twin-engined cabin monoplane retractable landing gear and an airstair entrance door.
It has two
Continental GTSIO-520-C engines with three-bladed propellers.
It has a retractable tricycle landing gear and an airstair door. The prototype first flew on 18 July 1962.
During 1965 Cessna developed two generally similar and lower-cost versions, the
Model 401 and
Model 402.
[Simpson 1991, p. 108] Production of the 411 finished in 1968. A pressurized version of the 411 was developed as the
Cessna 421
The Cessna 421 Golden Eagle is an American six or seven seat twin-engined light transport aircraft, developed in the 1960s by Cessna as a pressurized version of the earlier Cessna 411.
Development
The Cessna 421 was first produced in May 196 ...
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Variants
;Cessna 411
:Production variant, obtained type certificate awarded in 1964, 252-built.
[Simpson 1991, p. 109][Federal Aviation Authority Type Certificate Data Sheet A7CE]
;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.
Operators
Military operators
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French Air 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.
[Jackson 1979, p. 118] Two were used by ''
Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles'' for VIP transport duties.
[http://www.avionslegendaires.net/2017/07/actu/le-glam-au-debut-des-annees-1970/]
Specifications
See also
References
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External links
Specs and photo on Flugzeuginfo.net
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411 411 may refer to:
* The year AD 411, the four hundred and eleventh year of the Gregorian calendar
* 411 BC
* 4-1-1, a telephone directory assistance number in the United States and Canada
** By extension, a slang term for "information"
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