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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 ...
Cessna 404 Titan: 1975 396 Twin piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna 407: N/A 0 Unbuilt twin jet engine monoplane business airplane Cessna 408 SkyCourier: 2020 Twin turboprop engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna 411: 1962 302 Twin piston engine monoplane utility airplane Cessna 414: 1968 1,070 Twin piston engine monoplane utility ...
October 16 – A twin-engine Cessna 310 carrying U.S. Representative Nick Begich of Alaska and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana disappeared during a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Juneau, Alaska. An unsuccessful 39-day search was called off on November 24; the aircraft's wreckage and Begich and Boggs' bodies were never found.
The Cessna 421 was first produced in May 1967, the 1968 model year. It had "Stabila-Tip" fuel tanks on the wingtips (like the Cessna 310). Its electro-mechanical landing gear are similar to that of the 310. It was an immediate hit, selling 200 planes in its first year. [1]
Instrument panel 1973 model Cessna 340 1973 model Cessna 340 front view Airstair door. The Cessna 340 is a twin piston engine pressurized business aircraft that was manufactured by Cessna. [1] [2] The Cessna 335 is an unpressurized version, which appears the same externally as the 340. [2] It sold in smaller numbers than the 340. [3]
Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, [1] [2] collided with a Cessna 150 (N11421), owned by CessnAir Aviation, Inc., near Whittier, California. The accident occurred on January 9, 1975, at approximately 4:07 p.m. PST, while the Sun was just 9 degrees above the western horizon, directly into the eyes of the ...
Cessna 170: C: Utility / trainer 5,174 [70] United States: 1948: 1956: Developed into Cessna 172. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23: M: Jet fighter 5,047 Soviet Union: 1967: 1985 Most-produced variable-sweep aircraft. Piper PA-34 Seneca: C: Utility / Multi-engine trainer 5,037 United States: 1971: 2019 Also built in Poland and Brazil (PZL-Mielec M-20 ...
Cessna's first business jet, the Cessna Citation I, performed its maiden flight on September 15, 1969. [20] Cessna produced its 100,000th single-engine airplane in 1975. [21] In 1985, Cessna ceased to be an independent company. It was purchased by General Dynamics Corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary.