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Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern with tundra tires on mainwheels
Role
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Arctic Aircraft
Designer
Bill Diehl
First flight
1975
Produced
1975-85
Number built
32
The Arctic Aircraft Arctic Tern (named after the bird) is a bush plane that was produced in small numbers in Alaska in the 1970s and 1980s. It is a strengthened and modernised version of the Interstate Cadet of the 1940s. It is a high-wing braced monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. It has two seats in tandem, with the rear seat removable for added cargo carriage. It is also provided with a cargo loading door in the fuselage side to facilitate loading bulky items. Optional fittings included floats or skis in place of the wheeled undercarriage, and a ventral pod to carry extra cargo or fuel.
In 2007, the Interstate Aircraft company was planning a revised and updated Arctic Tern, with US FAA certification expected in the first half of the year.
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power lines and wind farms. The Arctictern holds the long-distance migration record for birds, travelling between Arctic breeding grounds and the Antarctic...
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including the fjords, are gulls[which?], Eurasian oystercatcher and Arcticterns, and the grey heron has also become common. The Eurasian eagle-owl has...
the aircraft carrier USS Ranger. On 26 December 1943, Belfast participated in the Battle of North Cape. This battle, which occurred during the Arctic night...
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had an unexpected Arctic employment in the early 1930s when a dispute over East Greenland caused the first deployment of aircraft, along with three naval...
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