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07-24-2006, 11:48 AM
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Are those new Cessnas plastic??
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07-24-2006, 12:01 PM
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yes, I believe they both are "sorta plastic". Taking a chapter out of the Glasair book and doing plastic over a metal structure. [NEW NOTE ADDED: After further looking at the limited pictures, it may be that that LSA is all metal. There is one picture on aero-news that shows looking thru the interior. You can clearly see the metal structure and what looks like "metal skin".] - we'll prolly have to wait until later today to get an actual description from someone who is really there ...
Also, they *did* display they new "next generation" Single. The pictures "in the air" were the new airplane, the ones on the ground are the new LSA. Two announcements at once, with a promise for another press conference.
See www.aero-news.net for more details.
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07-24-2006, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Is that second plane N9911D? Comes up a PA-18 in the FAA registry.
Looks like a non-steerable nosewheel.
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07-24-2006, 12:30 PM
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It's not 9911D, it's 99110:
N99110 is Reserved
Reserved N-Number Type Reservation Fee Paid
Mode S Code 53354356
Reserved Date 05/23/2006
Renewal Date None
Purge Date 06/23/2007
Pending Number Change None
Date Change Authorized None
Reserving Party Name CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Street PO BOX 7704
City WICHITA
State KANSAS
Zip Code 67277-7704
County SEDGWICK
Country UNITED STATES
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07-24-2006, 04:24 PM
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The second photo is not an LSA, just another new Cessna line of aircraft.
Mike
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07-24-2006, 06:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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The wing looks like it might be metal on the NGP, but the fuse sure looks composite. Check out AVweb for better pictures.
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07-24-2006, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Xenia, OH
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Cessna LSA at Oshkosh today
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07-25-2006, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
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RV nosegear too
Dunno if it's just me or does the Cessna LSA have Van's nosegear assembly and pressure recovery wheelpants? The say "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!" 
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07-25-2006, 07:51 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Actually Van's copied Cessna's wheelpants, they've been on the 182T since 2002ish. And lets hope the nosegear is beefier than Van's...
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07-25-2006, 10:19 AM
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Looks like a little fast back C150
I love it. A fast back line a 50's Cessna. Love the fast back. I do like the rear view window but the fast back Cessna's always seemed to fly better to me.
Also the hip wing root, ala Steve Whittman's Tailwind. http://www.chlassociates.com/Aviation/images/n3992a.JPG
http://www.chlassociates.com/Aviation/images/n4jb.JPG
The tailwind is still one of the hottest little planes around, what +50 years after it came out. Faster than some RV's. RIP Steve.
The Cessna fuselage does look metal. The wing?
I like it. It looks like a plane, what else can you say, plane = good.
It also looks American. Sorry if my national pride comes through. Many of the LSA's have a "Euro look" fiberglass egg look (nothing wrong with fiberglass or eggs, ummm ummm over easy please).
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Last edited by gmcjetpilot : 07-25-2006 at 10:25 AM.
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