Cessna Airmaster

what is it?

The Cessna Airmaster, is a family of single-engined aircraft manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The Airmaster played an important role in the revitalization of Cessna in the 1930s after the crash of the aviation industry during the Great Depression.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 261 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,007 kgmax take-off weight
• built 228made 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.3 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

1935-06

number built

228

role

civil aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Warner Super Scarab

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.6 m

wingspan

10.3 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

1,007 kg

top speed

261 km/h

cruise speed

230 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,761 m

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