Cessna XMC

The Cessna XMC, short for Experimental Magic Carpet, was a two-seat prototype technology demonstrator that Cessna built to test advanced aerodynamics and materials in light aircraft design, including a ducted propeller and a swept cantilever wing. The program ran from the start of 1971 to the end of 1972 with a single aircraft, designated Model 1014 and later Model 1034, which carried a 100 horsepower Continental O-200 engine in a pusher layout and a tail boom similar to that of the Skymaster. Cessna test pilot Bruce Barrett made its first flight on 22 January 1971, and the modified 1034 first flew on 1 June 1972 with a shrouded propeller. The XMC used metal-to-metal bonding, but it proved noisier in the cabin than the production Cessna 150 and offered no performance advantage, so the project ended in 1972.