Cessna 140

what is it?

The Cessna 120, 140, and 140A, are single-engine, two-seat, conventional landing gear (tailwheel), light general aviation aircraft that were first produced in 1946, immediately following the end of World War II. Production ended in 1951, and was succeeded in 1959 by the Cessna 150, a similar two-seat trainer which introduced tricycle gear. Combined production of the 120, 140, and 140A was 7,664 units in five years.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• size 658 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7,664made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 81 years ago, in 1945.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1945-06-28

introduced

1945

number built

7,664

role

light utility aircraft

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Continental C-85

length

6.6 m

wingspan

10.2 m

height

1.9 m

max take-off weight

658 kg

top speed

201 km/h

cruise speed

169 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,724 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.