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<\/a>Cessna Model A \/ via Ruth A S, Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n
The Cessna Model A was the first plane the company produced in number using Clyde\u2019s idea of a single, high wing, non-braced wing.\u00a0 The high wing design would go on to be the preferred design feature of most Cessna aircraft throughout time.<\/p>\n
Throughout the following years, then decades, Cessna Aircraft made their mark on the world.\u00a0 The company produced some of the finest single-engine airplanes ever sold to the public.\u00a0 In 1948, the US Flight Instructors Association named the Cessna 140<\/a> as the \u201cOutstanding Plane of the Year.\u201d\u00a0 The big brother to the Cessna 140 was the four-seat Cessna 170<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As the company moved from the late \u201940s and \u201950s, the Cessna 140s and 170s gave way to the Cessna 150<\/a> and Cessna 172<\/a> lines.\u00a0 Cessna also produced these airplanes in large numbers and they were responsible for the aviation education and training of tens of thousands of pilots in the last half of the last century.\u00a0 Many of those pilots are now flying our nation\u2019s airliners and military aircraft.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s high performance single engine line includes the Cessna 180<\/a>, the Cessna 182<\/a>, the Cessna 185, and the Cessna 210.\u00a0 The 180 and the 185 are tailwheel airplanes and very popular with bush pilots who are flying them all over the world.\u00a0 The 230 horsepower Continental powers the 180 while the 185 airframe contains a 300 horsepower engine.<\/p>\n The Cessna 210 is a six-seat high performance, complex airplane also powered by a 300 hp engine.\u00a0 It is a very well performing airplane, which cruises at 190 knots\u00a0and is still capable of slowing down well enough to land at less than 60 knots.\u00a0 With enough fuel to cruise comfortably out to 800 nm, this airplane is a great workhorse for many small companies and individuals.<\/p>\n In addition to their single-engine line, Cessna produced some of the best multi-engine reciprocating-engined aircraft on the market.\u00a0 These include the 310, 320, 340 402, and 421 models.\u00a0 Many consider the Cessna 310 as one of the prettiest and best performing light twins ever produced.\u00a0 In the late \u201950s and early \u201960s, the airplane actually became a TV star on the Sky King<\/a> series.<\/p>\n Naturally, the company\u2019s success with gasoline-powered airplanes led them into the turbine market.\u00a0 Today, Cessna Aircraft supplies corporate and private customers with jet airplanes capable of spanning the globe.<\/p>\n While the idea of jetting around the world in a Cessna Citation is interesting, I am definitely still a 170 kind of pilot.<\/p>\n -30-<\/p>\n \u00a9 2011 J. Clark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Which aircraft manufacturing company first reached the milestone of 100,000 aircraft manufactured?\u00a0 What company was most likely to do this?\u00a0 Boeing, perhaps?\u00a0 Mooney?\u00a0 Lockheed?\u00a0 Piper? No.\u00a0 The company was Clyde\u2019s. Clyde Cessna. Cessna was a Kansas farmer who was the … Continue reading