President Eisenhower even used a Model 520 as Air Force One for a time. knots, and big-airplane touches such as deice boots and propeller alcohol, these big twins cut a huge profile in the 1950s.
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Distinguished by their geared engines some of which were supercharged, ranging from 260 horsepower (the 520) to 295 hp (the 680s) cruise speeds up to 190 This Commander 500B s cockpit has the style and architecture of the early 1960s but a panel full of much more modern avionics. These airplanes were high-rollers in their day. The Aero Commander line began in 1952 when Ted Smith, a designer who cut his teeth working on the Douglas A 20 Havoc and A 26 Invaders during World War II, formed his own company (Aero Commander) and came out with the Model 520.
To put the 500B in perspective, we should delve a little bit into the Aero Commander story. Gary Gadberry, president of Aircenter, found Hart a near-basket-case Aero Commander 500B in Montana, then completely restored it to Hart s desire sorry about that. Hart went to Aircenter Inc., a Chattanooga, Tennessee, firm that specializes in the modification and restoration of older Aero Commanders. But this wasn t just any old run-of-the-mill 40-year-old piston twin, the kind that s more often than not staring at the junkyard.
3 Hart made what many might call an oddball choice a 1960 Aero Commander 500B.
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