Cessna 310

what is it?

The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engine monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the second twin-engine aircraft that Cessna put into production; the first was the Cessna T-50. It was used by the U.S. military as the L-27, after 1962, U-3.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · 10.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 354 km/htop speed
• size 2,087 kgmax take-off weight
• built 6,321made 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 73 years ago, in 1953.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.7 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

1953-01-03

introduced

1954

number built

6,321

role

twin-engine cabin monoplane

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Continental O-470-B

length

8.2 m

wingspan

10.7 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

2,087 kg

top speed

354 km/h

cruise speed

330 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,096 m

wings

low wing

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