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Cessna caravan [The Royal Rainmaker]

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HISTORY

Cessna 208 Caravan is a multi-purpose aircraft. Produced by the aircraft manufacturing company Cessna , the project began on November 20, 1981, and later made its first flight on December 9, 1982, and was certified by United States Federal Aviation Administration in October 1984, which was later developed into the 208B Grand Caravan.


ROYAL RAINMAKER

The Thailand king discovered that many areas faced the problem of drought. Over 82% of Thai agricultural land relied on rainfall. Thai farmers were not able to grow crops for lack of water. Although scientific evidence seems to suggest that cloud seeding does not ameliorate droughts, the Royal Rainmaking Project debuted on 20 July 1969 at the king's behest, when the first rainmaking attempt was made at Khao Yai National Park. Dry ice flakes were scattered over clouds. Reportedly, some rainfall resulted.In 1971, the government established the Artificial Rainmaking Research and Development Project within the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 49.3ft (15.0m)
  • Length 38.8ft (11.8m)
  • Height 15.0ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 7,484lbs (3,395kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,611lbs (4,359kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.129
  • Wing Loading 32.1lbs/ft2 (156.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 299.4ft2 (27.8m2)
  • Drag Points 5355

Parts

  • Number of Parts 595
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 2,351