The rose-painted plane’s specifications

Around 1,000 Cessna 206s have been sold since 1989. Today, the basic price for this plane is $515,000. It comes with large wheels so that it can take off and land on runways just 300 metres in length. The aircraft is also available as a seaplane.

The standard Cessna T206H’s range is too low for some legs over the sea. Which is why the rose-painted plane is fitted with tip tanks, or in other words additional tanks at the tips of the wings that increase the range to 1,850 km. Therefore, there’s still the emergency reserve of fuel for three quarters of an hour’s flying time that’s customary in aviation.

The rose-painted plane has a Textron Lycoming engine

Span width: 11.90 m (39 feet)
Length: 8.60 m (28.3 feet)
Max. take-off weight: 1,725 kg (3,800 pounds)
Unladen weight: 1,116 kg (2,460 pounds)
Loading capacity: 609 kg (1,342 pounds)
Cruising speed: 250 km/h (135 knots)
Maximum speed: 314 km/h (170 knots)
Cruising altitude: 3,000 – 6,000 m (10,000 – 20,000 feet)
Peak altitude: 8,850 m (27,000 feet)
Max. range: 1,850 km (1,000 NM)
Engine: 310 hp (BHP)
Propeller: 3-blade
Usable quantity of fuel: 446 litres (117.8 US gallons)