Cessna 180 Skywagon
The Cessna 180 is a general aviation light aircraft produced by the Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas. This aircraft was in production from 1953 through 1981, and was designed to be a heavier, more powerful aircraft than the Cessna 170. Like the 170 model, the 180 was equipped with conventional landing gear. In 1956 the tricycle landing gear version was introduced as the Cessna 182, which soon was provided with the name "Skylane." Gradually, the Skylane replaced the earlier model and continues in production currently.
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Approximately 6,000 airplanes were manufactured with the 225 or 230 horse power Continental O-470 engines.
An even heavier, more powerful version of this series was introduced in 1960 as the Cessna 185 Skywagon.
The Cessna 180 gained early recognition and fame as the aircraft chosen by Geraldine Mock, the first woman pilot to successfully fly around the world in her 1953 "Spirit of Columbus", registration N1538C, Cessna 180. This aircraft is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute National Air and Space Museum seen here.
Although no longer in production, the Skywagon is considered a workhorse of an airplane, and is favored to this day by many who fly to and from remote, unimproved airstrips in places such as Alaska, and is the preferred aircraft still in use by the Colorado Division of Wildlife for monitoring wildlife and re-stocking fish in remote mountain lakes. Template:Aero-year-stub
Specifications (180)
General Characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Capacity: 3 passengers
- Length: 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.98 m)
- Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
- Wing area: 174 ft² (16 m²)
- Empty: 1,520 lb (690 kg)
- Loaded: lb ( kg)
- Maximum takeoff: 2,550 lb (1,158 kg)
- Powerplant: 1x Continental O-470-A, 225 hp (170 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 167 mph (267 km/h)
- Range: 779 miles (1,247 km)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,098 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,150 ft/min (350 m/min)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
- Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)
Related content
Related development: Cessna 182 - Cessna 185
Comparable aircraft:
Designation sequence: 172 - 175 - 177 - 180 - 182 - 185 - 190