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I was digging around in some old photo albums and came across this photo of my Uncle's plane.  It is a Cessna 196.  It has a 450hp Pratt & Whitney radial engine.  It has been completly restored.  Down to the bare frame.  Everything has been redone.  My uncle spent many years working on it.  I wish I could remeber the year it was built.  I want to say in the 1950's.  Maybe some of you Cessna buffs will know.  Anyhow this plane is awesome and I hope you like it  





 


 

That's one biiiiiiiig radial.

The 190/195 series came out in 1947; the 196 is a 195 with a bigger engine. Might be one of a kind-  does this look familiar?



Got all this from this excellent site:

http://www.cessna195.org/

That looks very familar indeed.  That is my uncle in the cockpit !!!!!  I have never seen that article.  Thanks for posting it.  Paul

Shakey Jake!  I belive its a Jacobs radial, very nice!

EDIT:  D'oh!  The jacobs is on the 195

That looks very familar indeed.  That is my uncle in the cockpit !!!!!  I have never seen that article.  Thanks for posting it.  Paul

She's a beaut... he must be very proud.

wowza, I love that photo

Amazing plane! But once again, that landinggear looks so fragile compared to the masive fuselage!

What a plane!!

Amazing plane! But once again, that landinggear looks so fragile compared to the masive fuselage!  :o

That's classic Cessna landing-gear: one big hunk of spring steel.  Very hard to break- believe me, I know!!
I can't stop looking at this wonderful example of the type; with the massive R-985 on the nose and the wingtip tanks, it must be a fantastic x-country machine.

And just damn pretty...

Very cool plane
I want one

-gottoflynow

I think that plane is based at the airport I live at, Leeward Air Ranch?

That's where it is based at.  That is a pretty nice place you live at.  What kind of plane does your  family have???

I was aboout to say "I didn't know they put a R-985 in a 195" but then I read the other posts.