North American Rockwell 690 Turbo Commander 690
The Model 690 Turbo Commander, first flown in 1968 and certified in 1971, replaced the earlier piston-wing-derived 680/681 Commanders with a purpose-built turboprop airframe. Its extended wing center section carried more fuel, and its pressurized cabin was matched to two Garrett/Honeywell TPE331 engines producing over 700 horsepower each, giving business operators genuine cabin-class comfort at altitude. Later 690A and 690B models, the latter offered as Executive I and Executive II, kept the type in production into the early 1980s, and it became the most numerous and longest-lived turboprop in the whole Aero Commander lineage.
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The 690 Turbo Commander replaced the Commander's piston wing with a purpose-built turboprop airframe, and remains the Aero Commander line's most numerous and longest-lived type.
Specifications
| Length | 13.5 m (44 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 14.2 m (47 ft) |
| Height | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Persons on board | 8 |
| Maximum take-off weight | 4.6 t |
| Range | 740 NM (1,370 km) |
| Service ceiling | 29,000 ft (8,839 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 25,000 ft (7,620 m) |
| Rate of climb | 2,500 ft/min (12.7 m/s) |
| Take-off distance | 690 m (2,264 ft) |
| Landing distance | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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