Cessna 170

what is it?

The Cessna 170 is an American single-engine, four seat, general aviation aircraft produced by the Cessna Aircraft Company between 1948 and 1956. It is the predecessor of the Cessna 172, the most produced aircraft in history, which replaced the 170 in production in 1956.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 225 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 998 kgmax take-off weight
• built 5,174made 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 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

1948-06-01

introduced

1948

number built

5,174

role

light personal aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Continental C145-2

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.6 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2 m

max take-off weight

998 kg

top speed

225 km/h

cruise speed

193 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,724 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

fixed conventional landing gear

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