Britten-Norman Defender

The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. It is the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander developed for roles such as utility transport casualty evacuation counter-insurgency and light attack forward air control patrol and reconnaissance.

Designed by Rich Uravitch, the Britten-Norman Defender 2000 is a semi-scale twin design that is very easy to build and fly. Traditional balsa and ply construction is used and flaps are optional.1
The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft, manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom.2
The Britten-Norman Defender is a militarized version of the successful Britten-Norman Islander twin turboprop-powered aircraf...3
utility Aircraft The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft manufactured by Britten-Norman of Britain.4
14 Regiment operates Britten-Norman Defender, a troop of which are normally allocated to each Brigade in the field.5

Made by Britten-Norman.

It is the successor of the Britten-Norman Islander .

4 additional Britten-Norman Defender observation aircraft.6
Pilatus Britten-Norman Defender effectively supported remote garrisons and government patrols during the Dhofar rebellion in Oman Arguably, airlift capacity is not as important as airlift 7
The police aircraft is a Britten-Norman Defender 4000, which although much smaller does have the same general outline as a Dash-8. Not at all like an Embraer though...8
The Britten-Norman Defender is a British military short-range utility transport aircraft, forming the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander.9
The Pilatus Britten-Norman Defender 4000 is largely a maritime or overland surveillance aircraft but can be configured with external AEW warning radars, having been tested with a pod mounting similar 10
Developed From
Britten-Norman Islander
Predecessor
Britten-Norman Islander
Manufacturer
Britten-Norman
Related
*Islander*Trislander
First Flight
May 1970
Category
British Army equipment
British military utility aircraft 1970-1979
Britten-Norman aircraft
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