With a name like the Skymaster one might envision a super-heavy bomber loaded with advanced armaments, or perhaps the fastest fighter to fly into the wild blue yonder. However, the Cessna O-2 ...

Like so many general aviation pilots, I trained on a variety of Cessnas – the 152, 162, 172, and 182. The Cessna is synonymous with general aviation, enjoying vast swathes... With a name like the ...

Among the nearly 3,000 Cessna Skymaster twins that were manufactured between 1963 and 1982, fewer than 200 were equipped with fixed landing gear. Known as the Cessna model 336 Skymaster, this was the ...

COURTESY PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM PEARL HARBOR Buck Welch flew this Cessna O-2 Skymaster in Vietnam. “What I see about our Vietnam experience, from my cockpit, is that we went about it with the best of ...

On its maiden flight over Wichita last week, the new plane made a striking silhouette against the prairie skies. It was like no other private plane in the world. Twin tail cones swept back from the ...

U.S. Air Force Forward Air Controller John Bollwerk of O’Fallon with a Cessna O-2 Skymaster (nicknamed “Oscar Deuce”) is a military version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, used for forward air ...

Credit: George A. Beard, Cessna Aircraft Co. In this cover story, see Cessna Skymaster's prototype, a four-place "light-light twin" in a photo at taken at the start of its flight test program at the ...