Cessna Comet
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|name=Comet
|image=Cessna Comet.jpg
|caption=Clyde Cessna with "The Comet"
|type=Sports plane
|manufacturer=Clyde Cessna
|designer=Clyde Cessna
|first_flight=1917
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|number_built=1
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The Cessna Comet was an early aircraft designed and built by Clyde Cessna in the United States in 1917. It was a conventionally configured wire-braced monoplane with a semi-enclosed cabin that seated one passenger in addition to the pilot. On 5 July 1917, Cessna used it to set a national airspeed record of 124.6 mph (200.5 km/h) and national distance record of 76 miles (122 km) flying from Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Wichita, Kansas.
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units? = imp
|crew=One pilot
|capacity=1 passenger
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Anzani
|eng1 kw=45
|eng1 hp=60
}}
References
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |page=241 |isbn= 0-7106-0710-5 }}
- {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 891 Sheet 18 |isbn=1-156-94382-5 }}
- {{Cite web |title=Cessna |publisher=aerofiles.com |date=2008-11-19 |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_cessna.html |accessdate=2009-03-01}}
External links
{{commons category|Cessna Comet}}
- {{Cite web |title=The Cessna Story |publisher=172guide.com |url=http://www.172guide.com/History.aspx |accessdate=2009-03-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227091759/http://www.172guide.com/History.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-27 }}
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Category:1910s United States sport aircraft
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