Aero Commander 500 family

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The Aero Commander 500 family (also known as the Twin Commander) is a series of light twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft designed and originally produced by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander company in 1950, and later a division of Rockwell International in 1965. Final production occurred in 1986 under the Gulfstream Aerospace name. The initial production version, which was first delivered in 1951, was the 200 mph (320 km/h; 170 kn), seven-seat Aero Commander 520. Numerous early aircraft were sold to military operators, including the United States Air Force and the United States Army. One was used as the presidential transport aircraft, Air Force One, for Dwight D. Eisenhower between 1956 and 1960. The Belgian Air Force also flew one as the personal transport of Baudouin of Belgium between 1961 and 1973. The Aero Commander was also operated by various types of civil operators, including as a business aircraft and cargo aircraft...

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