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In 1930, the Taylor E-2 Cub first emerged when William T. Piper, a Bradford businessman asked Gilbert Taylor of the airplane manufacturer Taylor Aircraft to build an economical, easy-to-fly trainer that a normal person could bear to rent. Piper bought a $761 controlling share in the manufacturing company when it went bankrupt and kept Taylor […]
The Cessna 195, together with the Cessna 190, was the only postwar radial-engine aircraft built by Cessna. In 1945, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight after the Second World War. In 1947, it entered into production. It was named the Businessliner because the 195 was marketed primarily as a business aircraft due to its […]
In the early 1960s, Cessna conducted extensive research and consultation and decided to expand its wide line of light aircraft and enter the agricultural aircraft market. They assessed pilots and operators of other agricultural aircraft to check what trademark and capabilities these operators were after. The resulting aircraft was the Cessna 188, a conventional single-seat […]
The Cessna 180 was introduced in the market as a more powerful aircraft to complement the Cessna 170. After some time, it has been designated as the Cessna 180 Skywagon. On May 26, 1952, the prototype registered N41697 conducted its first flight, piloted by William D. Thompson. In 1964, Geraldine Mock, the first woman to […]
On March 22, 1958, the first Cessna 175 was introduced in the aviation market. The 175 was designed to fill the void between the slower Cessna 172 and the pricier Cessna 182. During the time the Cessna 175 was launched, the 172 was an entry-level model of Cessna. The 182, even though comparatively capable and […]
In the mid-1950s, the development of the Model 150 started out of the intention to produce a descendant to the famous Cessna 140 light utility aircraft. The primary alterations in the design included the use of tricycle undercarriage, more modernized wingtips and horizontal and vertical stabilizers, and larger Fowler flaps. The aircraft is available in […]
Initially delivered in 1977 as the 1978 model year, the two-seat Cessna 152 was an upgraded version of the Cessna 150 and was intended to rival against the Beechcraft Skipper and Piper Tomahawk. The majority of the 150s were produced in Wichita, Kansas factory, while some were built by Reims Aviation in France designated as […]
The Cessna Airmaster is the aircraft that redeemed the Cessna Aircraft Company from a severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s. In the mid-1930s, approaching the end of the Great Depression, Cessna started to gradually strengthen. Clyde Cessna’s nephew, Dwayne Wallace, a newly graduate aeronautical engineer decided to lend a helping hand to his uncle […]
The Cessna 170 was invented as a growth variant of the single-engine two-seat Cessna 120/140 light utility aircraft. Similar to its predecessor, the original 170s were designed with fabric-covered, constant-chord wings with rounded tips and V-type wing struts. The earlier Cessna 170s were also outfitted with three of the 12.5-gallon fuel tanks initially used on […]
After the success of Korean Aerospace Industries in their previous line of government and military aircraft, the company decided to develop an aircraft that is beyond conventional government-directed military projects and to produce a design suited to the commercial and civilian aviation market. In June 2008, development work formally started on the initiative. During that […]