Imperial Airlines Cessna 402B
Businessliner N4623N
(c/n 402B-1375)
In the early 1960s Cessna developed the Model 411
which was designed, primarily, for the corp-
orate
market. The design base gave rise to several third-level carrier
commuter aircraft models, of
which the 402B/C
series was the most numerous. An austere version of the 402B, the
Utililiner was
also built along with a deluxe-trim
interior model, the Businessliner. Imperial purchased five of the
latter in the
1970s. The one above was photographed at Lindbergh Field,
San Diego in May 1980
by Frank C.
Duarte, Jr. With the delivery of the Embraer
Bandeirantes, Imperial changed its livery
and seen below is another shot by Frank, also at San Diego, in January
1984 showing another of
Imperial's 402Bs
wearing the new, modernized, paint job.
Cessna
402B Businessliner
N4625N (c/n 402B-1377)