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1956 Cessna 182 on floats Cessna R182 Skylane RG, one of two variants with retractable landing gear Cockpit of Cessna 182M Skylane 1958 Cessna 182A landing 1967 model Cessna 182K belonging to the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association A Cessna 182P Reims Cessna F182Q Cessna 182Q fitted with the SMA SR305-230 engine Cessna T182T Cessna 182J 1981 Cessna 182R Skylane T182T cockpit with Garmin G1000
The British Auster WW2 reconnaissance aircraft had a placarded stall speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph), [5] but that was merely the speed at which its control surfaces lost authority. As reported in many personal accounts by the pilots in their memoirs, the speed at which the aircraft would actually stall was 24 miles per hour (39 km/h).
Maximum landing gear extended speed. This is the maximum speed at which a retractable gear aircraft should be flown with the landing gear extended. [7] [8] [9] [20] V LO: Maximum landing gear operating speed. This is the maximum speed at which the landing gear on a retractable gear aircraft should be extended or retracted. [7] [9] [20] V LOF ...
Cessna 182 Skylane: 1955 23,237+ Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna 185 Skywagon: 1960 4,400+ Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane
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 plane won the 1933 American Air Race in Chicago and later set a new world speed record for engines smaller than 500 cubic inches by averaging 237 mph (381 km/h). [9] Cessna's nephews, brothers Dwane and Dwight Wallace, bought the company from Cessna in 1934. They reopened it and began the process of building it into what would become a ...
The wing planform remained the same; constant 64-inch (1.6 m) chord from centerline to 100 inches (2.5 m) out, then straight taper to 44-inch (1.1 m) chord at 208 inches (5.3 m) from centerline, but the semi-Fowler flaps (slotted, rear-moving) were extended outboard, from wing station 100 to Wing station 122, which allowed a lower landing speed ...
The crash of Flight 182 was preceded by a near-tragedy almost ten years earlier (also involving Pacific Southwest Airlines), when, on January 15, 1969, a PSA Boeing 727-214 (#N973PS) had collided with Cessna 182L (#N42242) on-ascent from San Francisco International Airport, bound for Ontario International Airport. The 727 continued on to ...