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- 1. Cessna CW-6 NC6446: Museum of Flight, Original Photographer Unknown· Public domain
what is it?
The Cessna Model CW-6 was a 1920s American six-seat touring aircraft built by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.2 m wingspan
base stats
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.2 m: about 3 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
- 1928
- number built
- —
- role
- six-seat tourer
- makers
- Cessna
- engines
- 1× Wright J-6 Whirlwind
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 5
- length
- 8.9 m
- wingspan
- 13.2 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,792 kg
- top speed
- 238 km/h
- cruise speed
- 193 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,334 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5065569, Wikipedia: Cessna CW-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.