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The Cessna 177 (originally Model 341) [3] was designed in the mid-1960s when the engineers at Cessna were asked to create a "futuristic 1970s successor to the Cessna 172". The resulting aircraft featured newer technology such as a cantilever wing lacking the lift struts of previous models, and a new laminar flow airfoil .
Cessna (/ ˈ s ɛ s n ə / [4]) is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.Originally, it was a brand of the Cessna Aircraft Company, an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation also headquartered in Wichita.
Cessna 177B Cardinal similar to the ill-fated aircraft. Jessica Dubroff began taking flight lessons from flight instructor Joe Reid on her sixth birthday and became enthusiastic about flying. Lloyd Dubroff suggested the idea of a coast-to-coast flight, which his daughter readily accepted, and Reid agreed to provide flight instruction and his ...
Cessna Model A: 1927 70 Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna Model BW: 13 Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna CG-2: Glider Cessna CH-1: 1953 ~50 Single piston engine utility helicopter Cessna CH-4: Single piston engine utility helicopter Cessna CR-1: 1 Single piston engine monoplane racer Cessna CR-2: 1930 1
Data from Janes' All The World's Aircraft 1982-83 General characteristics Crew: One Capacity: Five passengers Length: 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) Height: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) Wing area: 175 sq ft (16.3 m 2) Empty weight: 2,303 lb (1,045 kg) Gross weight: 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) Fuel capacity: 87 US gal (72 imp gal; 330 L) (usable capacity) Powerplant: 1 × Continental Motors ...
The model designation nomenclature differs from some other Cessna models with optional retractable gear. For instance, the retractable version of the Cessna 172 was designated as the 172RG and the 177RG , whereas the retractable gear version of the Cessna 182 is the R182. Cessna gave the R182 the marketing name of "Skylane RG". [8]
Redbird FMX Flight Simulator. Redbird Flight Simulations, Inc. is an American flight training company. Founded in 2006, Redbird Flight started with a flight simulator built around a scrapped airplane fuselage - a Cessna 177 Cardinal, from which the name "redbird" originates.
This list of accidents and incidents involving general aviation is grouped by the years in which the accidents or incidents occurred. "General aviation" here includes private as well as corporate aircraft operating under general aviation rules, i.e. not flights of airliners, commuter or military aircraft.