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- 1. AEA Explorer 500T: FlugKerl2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The AEA Explorer (sometimes called the Explorer Explorer) is a large single-engine utility aircraft.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 14.4 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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,759 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1998-01-23
- number built
- —
- role
- light multirole
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- makers
- Aero Engineers Australia
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135B
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 9
- length
- 9.7 m
- wingspan
- 14.4 m
- height
- 4.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,812 kg
- top speed
- 380 km/h
- cruise speed
- 333 km/h
- range
- 1,759 km
- ceiling
- 7,620 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q420438, Wikipedia: AEA Explorer (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.