Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: Cessna. Model: 210. Nickname: Centurion
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane SE Piston
> FAA Category and Class: Airplane Single Engine Land
> Engine Description: single piston
Aircraft Experience
> As of: 11/4/2024
> Number of Hours Flown: 54
> Number of Times Flown: 15
> Other Aircraft Models Associated: T210, C-T210L, P210
First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 139
> Date First Flown: 9/3/2003
> Location First Flown: Mid-continent airport, Wichita, KS (KICT)
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: fellow FAA Test Pilot Ralph Rissmiller
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Recollections: The Cessna 210 comes in a variety of models, including a pressurized version. It is an excellent cross-country airplane and all my flights were done when I was in Wichita, KS as an FAA Test Pilot. The 210 that I flew (N5267V) was unpressurized but it was turbocharged and had an oxygen system. My logbook shows both personal and professional trips from Wichita to Burbank, CA (for a Test Pilot symposium), Little Rock AR (to visit my great friends Lee and Connie Khinoo), Rochester, MN (with fellow tester and great friend Derek Morgan), several trips to Olathe, KS for meetings, and my first attendance at the world’s largest airshow, Oshkosh, WI “Airventure”, where I was “on duty” with the FAA.
It’s not clear to me why this airplane’s production was halted, in favor of the fixed gear, strutted 172/182/206 designs that continue. Seems like it could’ve given the later Cirrus-type airplanes a run for their money.
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