Cessna 180 Skywagon

what is it?

The Cessna 180 Skywagon is a four- or six-seat, fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane which was produced between 1953 and 1981. Though the design is no longer in production, many of these aircraft are still in use as personal aircraft and in utility roles such as bush flying.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 10.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 274 km/htop speed
• range 1,648 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,270 kgmax take-off weight
• built 6,193made 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,648 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight

1952-05-26

introduced

1953

number built

6,193

role

light utility aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Continental O-470-U

length

7.9 m

wingspan

10.9 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

1,270 kg

top speed

274 km/h

cruise speed

263 km/h

range

1,648 km

ceiling

5,395 m

wings

monoplane

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.