Why no name for the Cessna 310?

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With very few exceptions Cessna gave their various models a number & name too.

172 Skyhawk
182 Skylane
206 Stationair
210 Centurion
337 Skymaster
320 Skyknight
421 Golden Eagle

So why not the 310?
 
It's the "blue canoe"
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Affirmative. From our trip last month.
Nice museum...I think that was the only outdoor museum I've been to that I didn't feel sorry for the planes out in the weather...so dry a climate and all, but not ridiculous temps, etc. They all looked like they could have been started right up and flown for the most part...
 
Nice museum...I think that was the only outdoor museum I've been to that I didn't feel sorry for the planes out in the weather...so dry a climate and all, but not ridiculous temps, etc. They all looked like they could have been started right up and flown for the most part...

The irony of course being, the airplane they have in their actual ramp can't do that either..... :D
 
Actually even more

120
140
152
160
170
190
310
335
340
411
 
Are you sure about that? The 320 has 4 side windows where the 310 has two. I think Sky Kin'gs had two.
It's been a long time since I watched an episode of Sky King. What I remember is a pre-1960 C-310 (straight tail). I'm not sure in what year the swept tail was introduced but it was prior to 1960.

The C-320 was the SkyNight.
 
It's been a long time since I watched an episode of Sky King. What I remember is a pre-1960 C-310 (straight tail). I'm not sure in what year the swept tail was introduced but it was prior to 1960.

The C-320 was the SkyNight.
That's Skyknight
 
152 - "Commuter"

The 150 was the Commuter, but the 152 remained unnamed, as far as I can tell.

I trained primarily in a 152 and thought "SkyDuck," "SkyPigeon," or some equally slow bird might be fitting... :D
 
With very few exceptions Cessna gave their various models a number & name too.

172 Skyhawk
182 Skylane
206 Stationair
210 Centurion
337 Skymaster
320 Skyknight
421 Golden Eagle

You forgot the 175 Skylark and 177 Cardinal

So why not the 310?
 
It's sometimes called an Aerobat.
(in your reference to the 152)

The Aerobat is a special, aerobatic version of the C-150 Commuter. I don't think Cessna made a aerobatic version of the 152. I would be happy to be wrong. From what I hear, the A-150 Aerobat is a basic, but fun and capable, aerobatic airplane.
 
Only the aerobatic version. The underpowered version, not so much.
Well technically "Skyhawk" is a trim level and only 172's so equipped are to be called that, if I remember @Pilawt 's previous explanations correctly.
(in your reference to the 152)

The Aerobat is a special, aerobatic version of the C-150 Commuter. I don't think Cessna made a aerobatic version of the 152. I would be happy to be wrong. From what I hear, the A-150 Aerobat is a basic, but fun and capable, aerobatic airplane.
I seem to recall an aerobatic version of the 152.
 
152 - "Commuter"
170 - "BusinessLiner"
190 - "BusinessLiner"
The 172 was also the BusinessLiner. Most overused name they had. It didn't become the Skyhawk until late 1960.
The 182 wasn't the Skylane until 1958.
 
Certain STC versions were given names but it was more for the conversion - Bearcat for was a good one for example. It's the first time they were able to do 300HP engines. That STC is still around. The Blue Canoe mentioned above is actually a Cessna name though and isn't a STC. It was never really marketed as the Blue Canoe to my knowledge. I can see why - that's not a very Sexy name.
 
Another try. Mainly piston singles and twins. Some turbo props. stops before 500 series jets. Tried to leave out all prototypes and military only.

120
140
150 Commuter (Aerobat special acrobatic version)
152
162 Skycatcher
165 Airmaster
170 Businessliner
175 Skylark
177 Cardinal
172 Nothing or Businessliner? -> Skyhawk & Cutlass
180 Skywagon
182 No Name --> Skylane . Skylane II
R182 Skylane RG
T182 No Name --> Skylane
TR182 Turbo Skylane RG
185 Skywagon
188 AGWagon
190 Businessliner
195 Businessliner
205 "210-5" / Super Skylane
U206 Super Skywagon --> Stationaire
P206 Super Skylane
206 Stationaire
207 "207 Skywagon" --> Stationaire 7 & Stationaire 8 (8th seat)
208 Caravan (Caravan Amphibian with floats)
208A Cargomaster For Fed-Ex
208B Caravan (market as Grand Caravan), Caravan Amphibian with floats, Super Cargo Master for Fed-Ex
210 No Name --> Centurion / Turbo Centurion / Pressurized Centurion
305 Bird Dog
310
320 Skyknight
335 (Low price 340 alternative, only 65 built)
336 Skymaster (Fixed Gear)
337 Super Skymaster (Retract)
350 Corvalis
400 Corvalis --> TTx
401 No Name --> Utiliner / Businesliner For latest model
401 No Name --> Utiliner / Businesliner For latest model
411
340
414 Chancellor
421 Golden Eagle
425 Conquest I
435 Conquest II
441 Conquest II
 
That's what I did my initial Multi and Instrument rating in. The one I flew was a 1960 model (310E) so it had the swept tail. The one pictures is a little bit earlier model.

The 1960 model was 310D (swept tail, original two-side-window pattern). 1961 model, with three side windows, was 310F. 310E was the military-only version (U-3B) built alongside the 310F. 310A was the earlier, straight-tail military model (U-3A). 310B and 310C were the civilian models for 1958 and 1959, respectively.

It's been a long time since I watched an episode of Sky King. What I remember is a pre-1960 C-310 (straight tail). I'm not sure in what year the swept tail was introduced but it was prior to 1960.

The T-50 was used in the first 39 episodes. After that, it waa a 1958 model (built in late '57) 310B, the second production 310B off the line.

The first swept-tail 310 was the 1960 model 310D, introduced in the fall of 1959.

The Aerobat is a special, aerobatic version of the C-150 Commuter. I don't think Cessna made a aerobatic version of the 152.

There was indeed an A152 Aerobat in the catalog through the end of 152 production in 1985.

The Blue Canoe mentioned above is actually a Cessna name though and isn't a STC. It was never really marketed as the Blue Canoe to my knowledge.

"Blue Canoe" was the nickname for the military U-3A (Model 310A), inspired by the attractive dark blue and white USAF paint scheme. The name was never used by Cessna in connection with civilian 310s.

150 Commuter
165 Airmaster
170 Businessliner
172 Nothing or Businessliner? -> Skyhawk & Cutlass
205 "210-5" / Super Skylane
U206 Super Skywagon --> Stationaire

Early on, the equipment package levels on 150s were called "Standard", "Trainer" and "Commuter" (sometimes "Inter-City Commuter"). The "Commuter" name was never applied in Cessna advertising to the Model 150 in general until the last two years of production, 1976 and 1977.

The Airmaster doesn't really belong in this list, because the pre-war nomenclature was different. In this instance, "C-165" referred to the engine horsepower.

I'm not aware of any instance of "Businessliner" being applied to the 172. As noted earlier, "Skyhawk" was merely an equipment package introduced for the 1961 model year (172B). 1960s advertising offered the choice of "172" (the stripped-down base model) OR "Skyhawk". From 1975 onward, the "Skyhawk" name was applied to the base model as well, and the upscale equipment package became "Skyhawk II".

(Cessna numerology was anything but consistent. Buyers likewise had the choice between a base 182 or deluxe "Skylane" from 1958 onward, and similarly with the later "177" or "Cardinal". But once the "Skylark" name was adopted for the 1960 model 175A, all 175s were "Skylarks" thereafter.)

"Super Skylane" was applied only to the model P206-P206E (1965-70). The 205/210-5 (1963-64, 260 hp) never had a name.

"Stationair" was not spelled with an 'e'.
 
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The 1960 model was 310D (swept tail, original two-side-window pattern). 1961 model, with three side windows, was 310F. 310E was the military-only version (U-3B) built alongside the 310F.
That's what it was. A C-310E that was originally an Air Force U-3B. It was in an Air Force aero club.
 
Well technically "Skyhawk" is a trim level and only 172's so equipped are to be called that, if I remember @Pilawt 's previous explanations correctly.

I seem to recall an aerobatic version of the 152.

Yes, the 172 was the base model and the Skyhawk with the "premium" trim level.

Yes, there was an Aerobat 152.

A152 Aerobat
Two-seat aerobatic-capable aircraft, 315 built.[9] Certified for +6/-3 Gs and had standard four-point harnesses, skylights and jettisonable doors, along with a checkerboard paint scheme and removable seat cushions to allow parachutes to be worn by the crew.[1][2] Type approved in 1977 and produced as 1978 to 1985 model years.[10] The following aerobatic maneuvers are approved: chandelles, steep turns, barrel rolls, snap rolls, loops, vertical reversements, lazy eights, spins, aileron rolls, Immelmann turns, Cuban eights and stalls (except whip stalls).[10]
 
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