Aero Commander 500 family

Aero Commander twins
690C Jetprop 1000
General information
Type	Utility and business aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Aero Design and Engineering Company Aero Commander Rockwell-Standard Corporation North American Rockwell Rockwell International Gulfstream Aerospace
Status	Active
Number built	~2,902 (1951 piston-engined, 951 turboprops)
History
Manufactured	1951–1986
Introduction date	October 1952
First flight	23 April 1948 (Model L3085)

The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light-twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander company in 1950, and later a division of Rockwell International in 1965. Final production occurred under the Gulfstream Aerospace name. The initial production version was the 200 mph (320 km/h; 170 kn), seven-seat Aero Commander 520. An improved version, the 500S, manufactured after 1967, is known as the Shrike Commander. Larger variants are known by numerous model names and designations, ranging up to the 330 mph (530 km/h; 290 kn), 11-seat Model 695B/Jetprop 1000B turboprop.^[1] As of recent, the Aero Commander is known as the Twin Commander.