Cessna 195

what is it?

The Cessna 190 and 195 Businessliner are a family of light single radial engine powered, conventional landing gear equipped, general aviation aircraft which were manufactured by Cessna between 1947 and 1954. The 195 model was also used by the United States Air Force, United States Army, and Army National Guard as a light transport and utility aircraft under the designations LC-126/U-20.

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

base stats

• speed 286 km/htop speed
• size 1,520 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,180made 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 2.2× 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

1945

introduced

1947

number built

1,180

role

light personal and business aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Jacobs R-755

length

8.3 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

1,520 kg

top speed

286 km/h

cruise speed

274 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,578 m

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