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

empty 1,823 kg / 4,020 lb maximum take-off 2,994 kg / 6,600 lb

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:

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