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Boomerang DW200
Role	Training aircraft
National origin	Australia
Manufacturer	Dean-Wilson Aviation Ltd
Designed by	C.W. Bill Whitney
First flight	6 July 2006
Introduced	2007
Produced	2007-
Unit cost	AU$210,000

The Whitney Boomerang DW200 is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training, touring and personal use.

History

The Whitney Boomerang was designed by C.W. "Bill" Whitney as a replacement for the aging two-seat training aircraft fleets. The type certificate was granted on the 18th of December 2007 making the Boomerang only the 5th Australian aircraft to be granted an FAR 23 certificate. The Whitney Boomerang is currently produced by Dean Wilson Aviation located at Kingaroy Airport.

Specifications

Data from Dean-Wilson Aviation Ltd

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 2
• Length: 6.46 m (21 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
• Height: ()
• Wing area: 13.72 m (147.68 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 600 kg (1323 lbs)
• Useful load: 225 kg (496 lbs)
• Max takeoff weight: 825 kg (1819 lbs)
• Powerplant: 1× Textron Lycoming 0-235 air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four cylinder reciprocating engine, 88 kW (118 hp)
• Propellers: McCauly fixed-pitch two-bladed aluminium propeller, 1 per engine

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 282 km/h (152 KIAS)
• Cruise speed: 176 km/h (95 KIAS)
• Stall speed: 85 km/h (46 KIAS)

See also

Comparable aircraft

• Alpha 2000 (Robin R2000)
• Beechcraft Skipper
• Cessna 150
• Cessna 152
• Grumman American AA-1
• Piper Tomahawk
  

External links

• Dean-Wilson Aviation Ltd
• The unlikely history of the Whitney Boomerang
• Live and Let Fly - Transcript

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Published in July 2009.

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