Cessna 175 Skylark

what is it?

The Cessna 175 is a light four-seat, single-engine, fixed wing aircraft produced by Cessna between 1958 and 1962. A deluxe model known as the Skylark was introduced in 1959 for the 1960 model year. The aircraft is very similar to the popular Cessna 172, but has higher gross weight and used a more powerful version of its engine with a geared reduction drive, achieving higher performance.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 241 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,111 kgmax take-off weight
• built 2,106made 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 70 years ago, in 1956.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× 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

1956-04-23

introduced

1958

number built

2,106

role

light utility aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Continental GO-300-E

crew

1

passengers

3

length

8.1 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,111 kg

top speed

241 km/h

cruise speed

167 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,425 m

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