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In 1960, the Piper Aztec was introduced, using two 250 hp Lycoming O-540 engines; Cessna too had improved its 310 with two Continental IO-470 D, producing 260 hp. Meanwhile, Beechcraft's Bonanza had been improved with a Continental IO-470-N. But the answer to competition was to make a true twin-engined variant of the Bonanza.
The Beechcraft Denali, [3] also known as the Model 220 [2] and previously the Cessna Denali and Textron "Single Engine Turboprop" (SETP), is an American single engine turboprop aircraft under development by Textron Aviation. Announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, the aircraft is a completely new design, not derived from any existing aircraft ...
Well-known designs that use versions of the O-235 included the Cessna 152, Grumman American AA-1 series, Beechcraft Model 77 Skipper, Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, American Champion Citabria, Piper Clipper, and the Piper PA-22-108 Colt.
Cessna 402 (unpressurized, smaller-engine predecessor) Cessna 414 (smaller-engine variant of 421) Cessna 425 (turboprop variant of 421) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era. Aero Commander 600/700-series; Beechcraft Duke; Beechcraft Queen Air; Piper PA-31 Navajo; Aero Commander 690-series; Piper Cheyenne
A Beechcraft Model 95 in flight. Designed as a competitor to the Cessna 310 and the Piper Apache, the Travel Air (developed as the Badger) [3] took many design features from previous Beechcraft airplanes. [4] It took its basic design from the Model 35 Bonanza, [5] fitted with the vertical stabilizer from the T-34 Mentor, and two four-cylinder ...
The original Cessna 303 Clipper was first flown on February 14, 1978; [2] it was a low-wing four-seat Lycoming-powered twin-engined aircraft that would have competed with the Piper Seminole, Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar, and Beechcraft Duchess. After market demand for four-place light twins declined, only one 303 Clipper was built before ...
One of the first Cessna 152s produced, a 1978 model year built in 1977 1978 Cessna 152. First delivered in 1977 as the 1978 model year, the 152 was a modernization of the proven Cessna 150 design. The 152 was intended to compete with the new Beechcraft Skipper and Piper Tomahawk, both of which were introduced the same year. [1]
The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engine monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the second twin-engine aircraft that Cessna put into production; the first was the Cessna T-50. [1] It was used by the U.S. military as the L-27, after 1962, U-3. Over six thousand Cessna 310 and 320 aircraft were ...