Cessna Concoction

The Cessna that I spent many happy hours in as a passenger in the 1970s and still my favourite Cessna (with thanks to Airshows.net)….

Lets face it, some of the key qualities that make aircraft great are longevity, number produced and adaptability, so these ubiquitous Cessnas have to be up there amongst the best.

Steve.

Incidentally, the EAA AirVenture 2006 will celebrate the Cessna 172s 50th birthday, albeit a year late. http://www.airventure.org/2006/news/060214_cessna.html

Remarkably, the first production Cessna 172, N5000A c/n 28000, is alive and well at Gunter, TX.

Regards,

Jan

I always refer to them as cesspits ….
Glyn

These aircraft are frequently dismissed by those whose fail to realise that they have tought the last couple, will be introducting the next couple, of generations to flying.

In North America and Australia pleasure flying is still very much alive…and these planes are treasured possessions by those that seek their aviation “Fix” in the sky rather than just museums, books, spotters lists, and plastic kits. And as a mode of transport, they beat crowded trains and Escorts.

And don’t forget, they will be flying long after all the Lightnings, Hunters, etc are either static displays or turned into saucepans or Asian cars.

As do we all, Cessnas keep on getting older every day. One or two more of these common old ladies.

1 411A G-AWVT
2 421B Golden Eagle OE-FLD
3 F.406 Caravan II F-GKRA at Farnboro on 6 September 1990 taken by yours truly.
4 310G 7Q-YDE at Luton?
5 P206 Super Skylane F-OCEZ
6 182K Skylane 6Y-JEY
7 F.172E Skyhawk F-OCIS

Some more soon or not so soon to be vintage Cessnas.

1 421B Golden Eagle HB-LHP
2 402B SE-GGU
3 340 G-BBNR
4 172A Skyhawk ZK-BPS
5 150F F-ICOQ
6 182H Skylane N3448S
7 206 Super Skywagon N5268U
8 337G Super Skymaster VH-IOK on 31/03/99 at Tyabb taken by G.Ramsden just for Moggy.

Glyn

Moggy,

I did post a pic of G-ATPU in the thread Light Aircraft Pictures. Admittedly it looked very decrepit. I will see what I can do next time.

Glyn

any Cessna 172 RG? 😎

So far you’re missing my favourite Cessna.

336 or 337

Moggy

Here are another ten for you to admire or throw darts at.

1 335 N2707T
2 402B D-IARB
3 414 HB-LFS
4 FR172K OO-JCB
5 210C Centurion I-MAMI
6 182D Skylane F-OBVF
7 180A G-APYJ
8 310G VH-RCJ
9 140 NC2375V
10 175A Skylark EI-AND

Glyn

Some lovely shots of early Cessnas there.
We take them for granted and yet some are classics by age definition.

The best 150 that I ever flew was the oldest, an early ’60s example from Slepe in ’88, it just trimmed out perfectly, and even the rudder trim tab was set correctly, it flew feet off at 85kts!