COMMON
C150
Cessna 150
The First Solo
“Half the pilots in the sky started right here.”
Cessna (Textron) · private
NO PHOTO
Length
24 ft 0 in
Wingspan
33 ft 4 in
Max speed
106 kts
Range
420 nmi
Ceiling
12,650 ft
Engines
1x Continental O-200 (100 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
1
Typical config
1 pilot + 1 passenger
Built
23,900+
The Cessna 150 is where flying begins. Two seats, one hundred horsepower, and absolutely no pretense. For decades it was the world's default trainer, and thousands of them are still teaching first solos at small airports every single day.
Fun fact
Cessna built nearly 24,000 of them between 1958 and 1977 — one of the most produced civil aircraft in history.
How to spot one
Looks like a shrunken 172 — high wing, but only one side window and a shorter, stubbier fuselage. Almost always in the pattern at a small airport, flying slow and steady.
Crews call it
The One-Fifty
Sounds like
A small Continental four-cylinder putter — the gentle buzz of someone learning to fly
Related
One might be overhead right now.
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