Cessna 210 Centurion

what is it?

The Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, retractable-gear, single-engined, high-wing general-aviation light aircraft. First flown in January 1957, it was produced by Cessna until 1986.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 378 km/htop speed
• range 1,667 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,814 kgmax take-off weight
• built 9,240made 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 69 years ago, in 1957.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,667 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1957

introduced

1957

number built

9,240

role

light aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

engines

1× Continental Motors TSIO-520-R / IO-520

length

8.6 m

wingspan

11.2 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

1,814 kg

top speed

378 km/h

cruise speed

357 km/h

range

1,667 km

ceiling

8,230 m

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