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O-520 | |
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Preserved IO-520 | |
Type | Piston aircraft engine |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Teledyne Continental Motors |
First run | 1963 |
Major applications | Beechcraft Bonanza Beechcraft Baron Cessna 206 Cessna 210 Cessna 310 Cessna 340 Cessna 421 |
Produced | 1964-present |
Developed from | Continental IO-346 |
Developed into | Continental IO-550 |
The Continental O-520 is a six-cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engine produced by Teledyne Continental Motors. First run in 1963 as a development of the IO-346, it has been produced in versions incorporating fuel injection (IO-520), turbo-charging (TSIO-520), and gearing (GTSIO-520).