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  • Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan
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  • The Canadair CL-66 was a turboprop version of the civilian Convairliner. The CC-109 Cosmopolitan or "Cosmo" in RCAF service became the standard VIP aircraft as well as replacing the Douglas Dakota and the North American B-25 Mitchell in light transport duties. After a lengthy career stretching into the 1990s, the CC-109 was replaced by the CC-142 Dash 8 and CC-144 Challenger.
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 24130.0
airfoil
  • NACA 63.4-120
number of props
  • 2
length alt
  • 24.84 m
span main
  • 3210.56
Produced
  • 19591966
cruise speed main
  • 322.0
more performance
  • 384.0
cruise speed alt
  • 280
height alt
  • 8.49 m
Introduced
  • 1960
primary user
Type
  • transport aircraft
type of prop
  • turboprops
range alt
  • 1978
length main
  • 2484.12
power alt
  • 2611.0
Unit Cost
  • CV540 - $880,000 CL-66B - $2,000,000
area main
  • 963.8
power main
  • 3500
stall speed alt
  • 80
height main
  • 858.5200000000001
span alt
  • 32.12 m
payload alt
  • 6486.0
range main
  • 2275.0
Manufacturer
  • Canadair
max speed main
  • 340.0
engine (prop)
Capacity
  • 64
ceiling main
  • 25300.0
empty weight main
  • 32333.0
aspect ratio
  • 12
stall speed main
  • 92.0
Developed From
area alt
  • 89.54
First Flight
  • 1959-02-02
more users
max speed alt
  • 296
jet or prop?
  • prop
empty weight alt
  • 14666.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,620 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 53200.0
variants with their own articles
Retired
  • 1994
cruise speed more
  • at 20,000 ft
payload main
  • 14300.0
Crew
  • 3
Number Built
  • 13
ref
  • Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62
abstract
  • The Canadair CL-66 was a turboprop version of the civilian Convairliner. The CC-109 Cosmopolitan or "Cosmo" in RCAF service became the standard VIP aircraft as well as replacing the Douglas Dakota and the North American B-25 Mitchell in light transport duties. After a lengthy career stretching into the 1990s, the CC-109 was replaced by the CC-142 Dash 8 and CC-144 Challenger.
is variants with their own articles of