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| When production of the Models 120 and 140 ended, Cessna concentrated upon the development of four-seat aircraft of similar configuration. It was not until the first flight of the Cessna Model 150, during September 1957, that the company re-entered the two-seat lightplane market. An all-metal braced high-wing monoplane, of similar configuration to the Model 140, this Model 150 differed primarily by the introduction of non-retractable tricycle landing gear, the installation of dual controls being optional, and by having a 75kW Continental O-200 engine.
Production began in August 1958 and by the time it ended during 1977 a total of 23,836 had been built, this figure including 1,754 built in France by Reims Aviation under the designation Reims F-150. Just before the end of production the aircraft had been available in Model 150 Standard, Commuter, Commuter II and Aerobat versions. The differences between the first three represented varying standards of installed equipment, and there was also a wide range of optional avionics and equipment available. The aerobat embodied structural changes permitting a licence in the Aerobatic category for load factors of +6g and -3g at full gross weight, its aerobatic capability allowing such manoeuvres as aileron, barrel and snap rolls, chandelles, loops and vertical reverses.
In 1977 the Cessna 150 range was replaced on the production lines by the basically similar Cessna Model 152. Improvements included a more powerful Avco Lycoming O-235 engine giving 81kW, plus installation and cowling changes to reduce engine noise and vibration, together with a McCauley propeller of a modified blade section. Between 1977 and 1986 the aircraft was available in four versions; the standard Model 152, the slightly heavier Model 152 II with a package of factory installed avionics and omni-directional light beacon, the further improved Model 152 Trainer with other improvements including an intercom system and transponder, and the Model 152 Aerobat with the same aerobatic capabilities as the 150 Aerobat. When production ceased in 1986, 7,482 Model 152 and Aerobats had been produced including 640 built under licence in France by Reims Aviation.
| MODEL | Model 152 Standart |
| ENGINE | 1 x Avco Lycoming O-235-N2C flat-four piston engine, 81kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 757 kg | 1669 lb |
| Empty weight | 501 kg | 1105 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 9.97 m | 33 ft 9 in |
| Length | 7.34 m | 24 ft 1 in |
| Height | 2.59 m | 9 ft 6 in |
| Wing area | 14.59 m2 | 157.05 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 202 km/h | 126 mph |
| Ceiling | 4480 m | 14700 ft |
| Range | 1158 km | 720 miles |
| david l. cochrane, e-mail, 19.01.2010 00:41 I started in denver at the old stapeton air port in 1960. It was at lue clinton aviation. They were a cessna dealer' and my instuter was richard colamn.one nice guy, the thing we did with the old razer bach 150 was just fun.I finaily traded my wife for a ceaana 150 I put an o-320 in it which changed it quite a bit. then I got a real airplane my 140. thank you to cessna ("). reply | | Skip Johnson, e-mail, 03.01.2010 05:12 I currently own a 1969 Aerobat with a Lycoming O-320 160hp engine and love it's performance over the standard 150. This configuration seems a vast improvement. N8407M. reply | | Jock Williams Yogi 13, e-mail, 05.08.2009 15:30 Although I learned to fly on the Fleet 80 Canuck, my first solo was in the C150 -and I expect I have accumulated maybe another 2000 hrs on the C150 as an instructor over the following 50 or more years.
My sons own a C150 "Whitie" and have used it as a timebuilder to acquire over 600 hrs of experience at low cost. Whitie is a joy to fly!
Cessna was brilliant in coming out with the 150 when they did! The only mistake they ever made was changling from the straight-tail to the rear window model -it just doesn't have the same class!
It will be a long time before anything ever truly replaces the C150 /C152 as a trainer of pilots -and even longer before we who learned on it forget it!
I have flown everything from supersonic fighters to WW1 biplanes -and the 150 still has a special spot in my heart!
Jock Williams Yogi 13 reply | | Jock Williams Yogi 13, e-mail, 23.04.2009 15:32 My first solo was in the 150 in 1960 -and it was my first flight in that aircraft as well. I had been flying the Fleet Canuck and had accumulated about 6 hrs -but there wasn't one available that fateful day so we took a 150. I didn't mention that I had never been in one to the instructor.
After a couple of circuits he told me to pull over -and he got out.
I knew I shouldn't really go solo with so little type experience -but I was damned if I was going to pass up the chance!
The flight (just one more circuit) was uneventful -and I was hooked! Still flying for a living 50 years later and many many types!
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| | Donald Dean Litherlandd, e-mail, 06.07.2008 19:13 I'm doing a college paper on the cessna model 150 and I need to know the fueel type, the type of stall warning indicator installed, the datum location, oil capacity and location and control surface movement for the ailerons in the up and down positions. If you could help me with this information, please reply to my email address. Thank you. reply |
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