Cessna Comet Explained

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.

References

• Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 241 . 0-7106-0710-5 .
• Book: World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing. London . File 891 Sheet 18 . 1-156-94382-5 .
• Web site: Cessna . aerofiles.com . 2008-11-19 . 2009-03-01.

External links

• Web site: The Cessna Story . 172guide.com . 2009-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081227091759/http://www.172guide.com/History.aspx . 2008-12-27 .