Cessna 421 Golden Eagle

what is it?

The Cessna 421 Golden Eagle is an American six or seven seat twin-engined light transport aircraft, developed in the 1960s by Cessna as a pressurized version of the earlier Cessna 411.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 12.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 474 km/htop speed
• range 2,754 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,379 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,901made 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,754 km: 15× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1965-10-14

introduced

1965

number built

1,901

role

light transport

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Continental GTSIO-520-L

length

11.1 m

wingspan

12.5 m

height

3.5 m

max take-off weight

3,379 kg

top speed

474 km/h

cruise speed

444 km/h

range

2,754 km

ceiling

9,205 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

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