Cessna 180 Skywagon
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Cessna 180
The Cessna 180 is a general aviation light aircraft produced by the Cessna
Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas. This aircraft was in production from 1952,
through 1986, and was designed to be a heavier, more powerful aircraft than the
Cessna 170. Like the 170 model, the 180 was equipped with conventional tail
wheel landing gear. In 1956, the tricycle landing gear version
was introduced as the Cessna 182 which was soon renamed "Skylane."
Gradually, the Skylane replaced the earlier model and continues in production currently.
1960 Cessna 180 Skywagon
Approximately 6,000 airplanes were manufactured with the 225 or 230 horsepower
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's National Air and Space Museum.
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.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cessna 180".
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