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- 1. N102JC AASI Jetcruzer 500 1: John Alan Bennett· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The AASI Jetcruzer was an American single-engine turboprop light civil transport aircraft developed by Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc. (AASI). The Jetcruzer had an unusual configuration, with a single turboprop engine driving a pusher propeller, a prominent canard, and fins mounted at the ends of its swept wings.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 12.9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 37 years ago, in 1989.
- Top speed is 4.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,737 km: 15× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1989
- introduced
- 1994
- number built
- 5
- role
- light civil transport aircraft
- makers
- Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc.
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 5
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 12.9 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,268 kg
- top speed
- 593 km/h
- cruise speed
- 574 km/h
- range
- 2,737 km
- ceiling
- 9,144 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q170098, Wikipedia: AASI Jetcruzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.