The IAI Westwind is a business jet initially produced by Aero Commander as the 1121 Jet Commander. Powered by twin GE CJ610 turbojets, it first flew on January 27, 1963, and received its type certific
The Westwind, a business aircraft with a mid-wing and two aft-mounted engines
Early 1121 Jet Commanders are powered by thin CJ610 turbojets, and they have five starboard and three or four port windows.
Later 1123 Westwinds are stretched by 22 in (56 cm), they have tip tanks, and six starboard and five port windows.
The 1124 Westwind is powered by two larger Garrett TFE731 turbofans, the Sea Scan maritime patrol aircraft of the Israeli Air Force has a nose radome and additional aerials.
The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander
IAI Westwind
…and 442 were produced until 1987. The Westwind was originally designed in the United States by Aero Commander as a development of its twin-propeller namesake aircraft, first flying on January 27, 1963, as the Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander. After successful testing, the aircraft was put into series production with…
The first model, the five-seat 520, was certified in January 1952 with two 260 HP Lycoming GO-435s
Special mission cabin for the NOAA
Certified from 1954, the seven-seat 560 is powered by two 270–295 hp (201–220 kW) Lycoming GO-480s.