Cessna C-172/C-41.

Most prolific aircraft Everbuilt.

The Cessna aviation company in the United States is one of the most prolific and successful for design and durability. Here we are going to look at this little light aircrat, which can be used for various multi-roles from Liason to Utility. From Training to Light Attack, and the there are hosts of other applications for this four seater.

Concieved in the 1950's this aircraft remains in production and is licence built in France by Reims, it is cheap to buy and to operate and is used by nearly every airforce, police and border security across the globe. It has enormous success in the civil market from pleasure flying to photographic observation and many more business and government uses.

It can be lightly armed with a 7.62mm gun pod and two to four rocket pods, some aircraft have been converted to operate with floats, while others as air ambulances or flying doctors. Developed from the O-1 Bird Dog a World-War-II design which came to fruitition in the late 1940's it is one of several designs that continue to operate such as the 152, Stationair, Caravan-I/II and the 337/0-2.

Microlights. Part-Two.

From the Wright Brothers.

With the invention of the first air plane, which was a glider with an engine, there has since been an explosion of design and invention. But in all human achievements to fly, people have always wanted their own basic simple machine to be as near as possible to being a real bird.

So the Microlight gives the pilot this experience to be in control of their machine and to enjoy slower manoeuvrable flight. The commercial market is dominated by dozens of kit build aircraft from the simple and basic to a small single engined plane.

Meanwhile there are also various hand gliders, and other none powered machines. You will find a selection of them on my You Tube 121jaykay, which fly locally.