Basler BT-67
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The Basler BT-67 is a fixed-wing aircraft produced by Basler Turbo Conversions. It is built on a retrofitted Douglas DC-3 airframe, with modifications designed to improve the DC-3's serviceable lifetime. The conversion includes fitting the airframe with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R turboprop engines, lengthening the fuselage, strengthening the airframe, upgrading the avionics, and making modifications to the wings' leading edge and wing tip.
Operators
Civilian operators
- Aerocontractors, United States
- Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI), South Africa
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
- Kenn Borek Air, Canada
- Spectrum Air Surveys, South Africa
- United States Forest Service, United States
Military operators
- Bolivian Air Force
- Colombian Air Force
- Colombian National Police
- El Salvador Air Force
- Guatemalan Air Force
- Malawi Air Force
- Mali Air Force
- Mauritanian Air Force
- Royal Thai Air Force
- United States Air Force
Incidents
- On 22 December 2007, the Basler BT-67 operated by Kenn Borek Air for the United States Antarctic Program crashed on take off from a field camp near Mount Patterson, West Antarctica. There were no serious injuries, but the aircraft sustained heavy damage. The aircraft was repaired by Kenn Borek Air technicians and, thirty days to the day after the incident, it was successfully flown off the ice to its home base in Calgary, Alberta.
Specifications (BT-67)
References
- Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC
- The Antarctic Sun "A Timeless Machine Returns"
- The Antarctic Sun "Modern plane and old history maker, are birds of a feather"
- http://www.borekair.com/index.php?cat=fleet
See also
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