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Technical specifications
EADS Socata TB-20 GT Trinidad
Light business and leisure aircraft
Engine
Lycoming 6 cyl. 250 HP
Dimensions
Wing span 9.97 m
Length 7.75 m
Height 2.85 m
Wing area 11.90 sqm
Number of seats 4 or 5
Weight
Empty 900 kg
Maximum 1,400 kg
Performance
Take-off 505 m
Landing 460 m
Cruise speed 163 kt
Ceiling 20,000 ft
Climb rate 1,200 ft/mn
Range 1,290 km

The TB 20 ou Trinidad is a light single engine aircraft designed in the late 70s.

She has retractable undercarriage and variable pitch propeller. First in this class in Europe at the time. She naturally became the favourite training and travel single piston engine aircraft widely used for IFR ratings.

She was certified in France on december 18th, 1980. The first delivery to a customer happened in march 1981 in Germany.

She was modernised in 2000 as TB 20 GT for Generation Two. She is named after Tarbes a city in the southern of France where she is manufactured.

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Last updated: 06-03-2005 09:46:27
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