The Cessna Airmaster, is a family of single-engined aircraft manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The Airmaster played an important role in the revitalization of Cessna in the 1930s after the crash of the aviation industry during the Great Depression .

The Cessna 165 Airmaster is powered by a 165-horsepower Warner Super Scarab radial piston engine. It is a seven-cylinder, air-cooled piston engine with one inlet and one exhaust valve per cylinder, Stromberg NA-5SA carburetor or Holley equivalent fuel system, and a …

Cessna 165 Airmaster history performance and specifications. The Cessna Airmaster is the plane that rescued the Cessna Aircraft Company from oblivion in the 1930's.

Step into the past with the 1940 Cessna C-165 Airmaster, a restored vintage aircraft featuring safety enhancements. Explore its history.

Powerplant: 1 × Warner Super Scarab 7-cylinder radial engine, 165 hp; Performance. Maximum speed: 162 mph at sea level; Cruise speed: 143 mph; Stall speed: 47 mph; Range: 550 mi; Service ceiling: 18,900 ft; Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min; Sponsored by George Alarm Company Springfield, Illinois 217-525-1335

Powered with the 7 cyl. Warner Super Scarab engines of either 145 h.p. or 165 h.p. one can only heap praise on these 2 airplanes for the way they performed.

Jul 13, 2015 · It’s more than coincidence that the larger, post-war Cessna 195 Businessliner has a strong family resemblance to the earlier model—sort of an Airmaster with a hormone injection. The radial engine on the 195 was stepped up to a more …

Die Cessna C-165 Airmaster ist ein einmotoriges Kleinflugzeug des Herstellers Cessna. Sie spielte eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Wiederbelebung von Cessna in den 1930er Jahren nach dem Zusammenbruch der US-amerikanischen Flugzeugindustrie durch die Weltwirtschaftskrise.

The final pre-war Cessna four-seat models were the C-145 and C-165 Airmaster. By the time their manufacture ceased in 1941, production had comprised 42 C-145s, 34 C-165s and three of the C-165D, powered respectively by 108kW, 123kW and 130kW versions of the Warner Super Scarab.

The Airmaster is a 4 place, high wing cruiser from the late 30's. My example is a 1940 C-165, the last version and most powerful of the Airmaster series. The model number indicates the horsepower, in this case 165 horsepower from a Warner radial engine. More Photographs of …