Cessna 195

The Cessna 195 is a light, single radial-engine, tailwheel utility aircraft that Cessna built from 1947 to 1954 alongside the Cessna 190, which used a Continental radial of 240 horsepower where the 195 used a Jacobs radial of 300 horsepower. It was the first Cessna airplane constructed entirely of aluminum, with a cantilever wing derived from the pre-war Cessna 165, and its fuselage is large for a Cessna because a 42 inch diameter radial engine had to fit in the nose. Seating is in two rows, with two individual front seats and a bench seat behind, and many aircraft carry swivelling crosswind landing gear. The United States Air Force, Army and Army National Guard used the 195 as a light transport and utility aircraft under the designations LC-126 and U-20. The first prototype flew in 1945 and 1,180 190s and 195s were built.