Cessna Model A
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 Cessna Model AW (1930) in the Yanks Air Museum, California |
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The Cessna Model A was the first four-seat single-engine touring aircraft developed by Clyde Cessna in the 1920s. The high-wing aircraft, which was built in series, was also the beginning of the series of high-wing models designed in the following years, which the Cessna Aircraft Company , founded in 1927, is still producing today.
The construction of the series A was an airplane in a mixed wood and steel tube construction with fabric covering. The Series A was manufactured in a number of variants equipped with different engines.
variants
The variant designation was based on the example that the type designation of Cessna was followed by the initial letter of the engine manufacturer, all engines used are air-cooled rotary engines or radial engines :
- option A
- Model AA with 120 HP Anzani engine, 14 units were built
- Model AC with a 130 HP Comet engine, 1 piece
- Model AF with a 150 hp Floco-Axelson Engine, 3 pieces
- Model AS with a 125 HP engine from Siemens & Halske , 4 pieces
- Model AW with a 130 hp Warner Scarab engine , 48 units built. Eddie August Schneider set three records with this model in 1930. This machine, labeled West Wind III , is now in the Yanks Air Museum, California.
- Variant B
The Cessna Model B was a three-seat version of the A-Model, one seat was sacrificed to the enlarged tank.
- Model BW was equipped with a 200 hp Wright J-5 R-790-5 and 13 units were built.
literature
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), Orbis Publishing
