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The Cessna 180 Skywagon is a four- or six-seat, fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane which was produced between 1953 and 1981. Though the design is no longer in production, many of these aircraft are still in use as personal aircraft and in utility roles such as bush flying.[1]

Development

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1960 Cessna 180 Skywagon

Cessna introduced the heavier and more powerful 180 as a complement to the Cessna 170. It eventually came to be known as the Skywagon.[1]

The prototype Cessna 180, N41697, first flew on May 26, 1952. Cessna engineering test pilot William D. Thompson was at the controls.[2]

In all its versions, 6,193 Cessna 180s were manufactured. In 1956, a tricycle gear version of this design was introduced as the Cessna 182, which came to bear the name Skylane. Additionally, in 1960, Cessna introduced a heavier, more powerful sibling to the 180, the conventional gear Cessna 185. For a time, all three versions of the design were in production.[1]

Design

The airframe of the 180 is all-metal, constructed of aluminum alloy. The fuselage is a semi-monocoque structure, with exterior skin sheets riveted to formers and longerons. The strut-braced wings, likewise, are constructed of exterior skin sheets riveted to spars and ribs. The landing gear of the 180 is in a conventional arrangement, with main gear legs made of spring steel, and a steerable tailwheel mounted on a hollow tapered steel tube.[1]

Cessna 180s produced between 1953 and 1963 have two side windows, while 1964 to 1981 models feature three side windows, as they use the same fuselage as the Cessna 185. 180s can be equipped with floats and skis.[1]

Operational history

Record flight

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Jerrie Mock's Cessna 180

The Cessna 180 gained recognition as the aircraft chosen by Geraldine Mock, the first woman pilot to successfully fly around the world. The flight was made in 1964 in her 1953 model, the Spirit of Columbus (N1538C), as chronicled in her book Three-Eight Charlie.[3] The Cessna factory obtained the aircraft and kept it at the Pawnee (Wichita, Kansas) manufacturing plant after the epic flight, suspended from the ceiling over one of the manufacturing lines. It is currently on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Variants

180
Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-A, O-470-J, or a Шаблон:Convert O-470-K engine, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 23 December 1952.[4]
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A 1957 Cessna on display at Hullavington Airfield, England.
180A
Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-K, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 17 December 1956.[4]
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1959 Cessna 180B on amphibious floats
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Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-K, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 22 August 1958.[4]
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Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-L or O-470-R, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 8 July 1959.[4]
180D
Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-L or O-470-R, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 14 June 1960.[4]
180E
Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-L or O-470-R, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 21 September 1961.[4]
180F
Four seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-L or O-470-R, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 25 June 1962.[4]
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Cessna 180G with belly cargo pod and tundra tires
180G
Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-L or O-470-R, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 19 July 1963.[4]
180H
Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-L or O-470-R, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 17 June 1964.[4]
180I
There was no "I" model Cessna 180.[4]
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Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-R or O-470-S, landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 13 October 1972.[4]
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Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a Шаблон:Convert Continental O-470-U for which AVGAS 100 or 100LL is specified; previous engines were designed for AVGAS 80 (formerly called 80/87), landplane gross weight Шаблон:Convert and first certified on 19 August 1976.[4]

Operators

Civil

The Cessna 180 is popular with air charter companies and is operated by private individuals and companies.

Military

Operators

Civil

The Cessna 180 is popular with air charter companies and is operated by private individuals and companies.

Military

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161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight ground crew load 2.75 inch white phosphorus rockets onto a Cessna 180 at Vung Tau Air Base in 1966
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Guatemalan Air Force[10]

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Specifications (1978 Cessna 180 II landplane)

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3-view line drawing of the Cessna 180E

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See also

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References

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Bibliography

External links

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