About the aircraft

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Seating plan

DragonFly owns and operates a Beech Super King Air 200 twin engined turboprop. The aircraft is pressurised, enabling it to fly at heights up to 29,000ft well above inclement weather, ensuring the smoothest possible flights. The aircraft is equipped with weather radar and the latest satellite navigation system.

The combination of jet engines driving propellers endows the aircraft with excellent cruise performance as well as impressive short-field landing and take-off characteristics. This enables the aircraft to land and take off at most of the hundreds of airfields within the UK and Europe that possess the landing and safety aids required for commercial operation.

Travel speeds

The aircraft travels at a speed through the air of 300 mph bringing most of the British Isles and the European capitals of Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels within reach in just over an hour's flying time.

The range of the aircraft depends on how many passengers and luggage the aircraft carries, as this in turn regulates the amount of fuel the aircraft can carry and remain within commercial operating criteria.

Maximum range

The maximum range without refuelling, with one passenger and 40kg of luggage on board, is 1200 miles. With 4 persons on board, and baggage of 20kg each, the aircraft can travel 950 miles before a fuel stop.

Commercial aircraft are required to carry fuel sufficient for an extra hour's flying in the event that the destination airfield becomes unavailable because of weather or for some other reason.

It is often convenient to clients on longer flights to touch down after a couple of hours, when they can stretch their legs and the aircraft can be refuelled.

Sophisticated, fast and comfortable

The Beech King Air is not only sophisticated, fast and comfortable, but also rugged and well-proven. It is versatile and flexible. It is ideally suited to the requirements of executive / VIP passenger operation in the classic Beech 8-seat configuration, and when necessary can be adapted easily for light cargo and air ambulance work.

DragonFly 's policy is for the aircraft to be flown at all times by two fully qualified and highly experienced commercial pilots.