Interstate Cadet

what is it?

The Interstate Cadet is an American two-seat tandem, high wing, single-engine monoplane light aircraft. Around 320 of these aircraft were produced between the years 1941 and 1942 by the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation based in El Segundo, California. The construction techniques employed were a welded steel tube fuselage, wood (spruce) wing structure with metal ribs, and fabric covering, all of which were fairly standard in the 1940s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 172 km/htop speed
• size 544 kgmax take-off weight
• built 574made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.8 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

1940

number built

574

role

utility monoplane

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation

engines

1× Continental A65-8

length

7.3 m

wingspan

10.8 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

544 kg

top speed

172 km/h

cruise speed

158 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,420 m

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