Cessna Skymaster

what is it?

The Cessna Skymaster is an American twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extend aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers, with the rear engine between them.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 11.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 320 km/htop speed
• seats 5passengers
• size 1,996 kgmax take-off weight
• built 2,993made 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 65 years ago, in 1961.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.8 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

1961

introduced

1962

number built

2,993

role

personal use and air taxi aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Continental IO-360-C

crew

1

passengers

5

length

9.1 m

wingspan

11.8 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,996 kg

top speed

320 km/h

cruise speed

232 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,944 m

wings

shoulder 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.