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Utility aircraft/Transport
GippsAero GA8 Airvan is a utility aircraft/Transport originating in Australia. It was built by GippsAero. Reported operators include United States Civil Air Patrol.
Technical data
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Utility aircraft/Transport
Australia
GippsAero
United States Civil Air Patrol
262
2000–2020, 2025–present
December 2000
3 March 1995
GippsAero GA10
1
Seven passengers
8.95 m (29 ft 4 in)
12.28 m (40 ft 3 in)
3.89 m (12 ft 9 in)
19.32 m 2 (208.0 sq ft)
7.9:1
997 kg (2,198 lb)
1,814 kg (3,999 lb)
340 L (74.8 Imp Gallons)
1 × Textron Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 air-cooled flat-six , 220 kW (300 hp)
2-bladed Hartzell F8475R constant speed propeller
241 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn) at 1,525 metres (5,003 feet)
222 km/h (138 mph, 120 kn) at 3,050 metres (10,010 feet)
97 km/h (60 mph, 52 kn) (flaps down)
1,352 km (840 mi, 730 nmi)
Six hours
6,100 m (20,000 ft)
4.00 m/s (788 ft/min)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
GippsAero GA8 Airvan equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
LesothoReported count for GippsAero GA8. Service scope: Air Wing; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: Australia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.