Aero Commander 690 Model Airplane

 

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Aero Commander 690 Model Airplane

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Wing Span: 17"
Length: 16.90"


 

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Aero Commander 690 Model Airplane

Introducing Factory Direct Model’s custom made Aero Commander 690 Model Airplane. This Aero Commander 690 Model was hand crafted using the finest Philippine Mahogany and sealed to last for generations. From our collection of blueprints, reference materials and customer’s photographs Factory Direct Models master artisans hand crafted this famous Aero Commander 690 into an amazingly detailed Display Model.

This Aero Commander 690 Airplane Model comes with a customized detachable stand, a personalized inscriptions plaque and a laminated customer’s Company Logo Northrop Grumman Company that adds magnificence into this detailed Display Model.

Aero Commander 690 History:

The Aero Commander 500 is the first in a series of many different models of light twin-piston engined aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s. It later became the Aero Commander division of Rockwell International. The initial production version was the Aero Commander 520. Versions manufactured after 1967 are known as the Shrike Commander.

The idea for the type was conceived by two Douglas Aircraft Company workers, who went on to form the Aero Commander Company in 1944. The company's first prototype flew on April 23, 1948. That aircraft was named the Aero Commander Model L3085. The aircraft accommodated up to five people and was powered by two piston engines. The aircraft was an all-metal high-wing monoplane with retractable undercarriage.The prototype flew successfully and the company obtained finance to build a new factory at Bethany near Oklahoma City to build a production version named the Commander 520. The first production aircraft was rolled out of the new factory in August 1951.

The Aero Commander 690 was simply the 681 with new wing centre section and engines moved further outboard, two AirResearch TPE331-5-521 turboporops, 79 built.

The Aero Commander also saw some Military Service. In Military Service, it was initially designated the L-26 though in 1962 this was changed to U-4 for the USAF and U-9 for the US Army. The aircraft also serviced as Airforce 1 during the Dwight Eisenhower presidency making it the smallest aircraft to serve in that capacity. It was the first Presidental Aircraft to be painted in the now World known Blue and White Livery.

The Commanders also serviced as a costal patrol aircraft for the United States Coast Guard. It primary mission was used as an advanced aircraft to located boats and ships in destress. It also served with the United States Customs Service.