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The Cessna 182 is an all-metal (mostly aluminum alloy) aircraft, although some parts – such as engine cowling nosebowl and wingtips – are made of fiberglass or thermoplastic material. Its wing has the same planform as the smaller Cessna 172 and the larger 205/206 series; however, some wing details, such as flap and aileron design, are the ...
SMA SR305-230: Cessna 182 (STC conversion) SMA SR305-260E: Diamond DA50 [4] SMA SR305-230 ATLS GS-301 Batoor [5]; In July 2012, Cessna announced it would offer the Cessna 182 with this engine as a factory option, with deliveries expected by the second quarter of 2013.
The closures included the new 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) facility that was opened in August 2008 at a cost of US$25M, ... Cessna 182 Skylane – high-wing, ...
Textron eViation Nexus Tiltrotor eVTOL model at EBACE 2023. Textron completed its purchase of Beech Holdings in March 2014 for approximately US$1.4 billion in cash. The parent company, Textron, financed the equity purchase and the repayment of Beechcraft's debt in cash, plus its issue of US$600 million in senior notes and a new US$500 million five-year term loan.
The BWB concept offers advantages in structural, aerodynamic and operating efficiencies over today's more-conventional fuselage-and-wing designs. These features translate into greater range, fuel economy, reliability and life-cycle savings, as well as lower manufacturing costs. [123] [124] NASA has created a cruise efficient STOL (CESTOL) concept.
A conversion of the Cessna 180 or 182 airframe, the Wren 460 featured full-span double-slotted flaps, movable spoilers to assist the ailerons with roll control, and an optional reversible pitch propeller for shorter landing runs. Like the Skyshark, the Wren 460 also featured a set of canards immediately behind the propeller, taking advantage of ...
The right wing of the Cessna was damaged, so it returned to San Francisco. [151] This incident was similar to the San Diego crash of Flight 182 nine years later. On March 5, 1974, a PSA NAMC YS-11 training aircraft's engines failed, resulting in the aircraft crashing in the desert near Borrego Springs, California. The turboprop aircraft was ...
Cessna, in 1997, resumed very limited propeller aircraft production of its two most popular (and statistically safest) models that had been suspended in 1986; the 172 and 182. In 1998, they resumed the 206. Cessna Chairman and CEO Russell W. Meyer said it was in response to passage of GARA, and in keeping with his "promise".