Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B Islander/Defender

Origin:

UK

Type:

multi-role military aircraft

Max Speed:

144 kt / 166 mph

Max Range:

2,773 km / 1,723 miles

Dimensions:

span 16.15 m / 53 ft 0 in length 10.86 m / 35 ft 7.75 in height 4.18 m / 13 ft 8.75 in

Weight:

UK

Powerplant:

two 224-kW (300-hp) Avco Lycoming IO-5400K1 B5 flat-six piston engines

Armament:

provision for 907 kg (2,000 Ib) of disposable stores, including 7.62-mm (0.3-in) machine gun pods, 113- and 227-kg (250- and 50-lbO bombs, anti-personnel grenades, flares, rocket-launcher pods, wire-guided missiles and drop tanks, carried on four external hardpoints

Operators:

Belgium, Belize, Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cyprus, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe