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Cessna 206
Cessna 206H Stationair

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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

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The Cessna 206 is a general aviation airplane owned by NASA Langley Research Center. The aircraft is a high-wing, single-engine airplane equipped with tricycle landing gear, and it can accommodate a crew of three researchers. The Cessna 206 has a useful payload of 1175 lbs and a maximum air speed of 150 knots in a range of 700 nmi. It acts as a low-cost research platform and is equipped with NASA Langley’s General Aviation Baseline Research System, an instrument package intended for atmospheric research.

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