Socata Trinidad
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| EADS Socata TB-20 GT Trinidad | ||
|---|---|---|
| Light business and leisure aircraft | ||
| Engine | ||
| Lycoming 6 cyl. 250 HP | ||
| Dimensions | ||
| Wing span | 9.97 m | |
| Length | 7.75 m | |
| Height | 2.85 m | |
| Wing area | 11.90 sqm</sup> | |
| Number of seats | 4 or 5 | |
| Weight | ||
| Empty | 900 kg | |
| Maximum | 1,400 kg | |
| Performance | ||
| Take-off | 505 m | |
| Landing | 460 m | |
| Cruise speed | 163 kt | |
| Ceiling | 20,000 ft | |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/mn | |
| Range | 1,290 km | |
The TB 20 ou Trinidad is a light single engine aircraft designed in the late 70s.
She has retractable undercarriage and variable pitch propeller. First in this class in Europe at the time. She naturally became the favourite training and travel single piston engine aircraft widely used for IFR ratings.
She was certified in France on december 18th, 1980. The first delivery to a customer happened in march 1981 in Germany.
She was modernised in 2000 as TB 20 GT for Generation Two. She is named after Tarbes a city in the southern of France where she is manufactured.