Cessna O-2 Skymaster

what is it?

The Cessna O-2 Skymaster (nicknamed "Oscar Deuce") is a military version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, used for forward air control and psychological operations by the US military between 1967 and 2010.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 320 km/htop speed
• size 2,449 kgmax take-off weight
• built 532made 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.6 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

1967-01

introduced

1967

retired

2010

status

retired

number built

532

role

observation aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Continental IO-360C/D / IO-360

crew

2

length

9.1 m

wingspan

11.6 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

2,449 kg

top speed

320 km/h

cruise speed

232 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,035 m

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