Cessna 150

The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.

The resulting 142 was based on the 140, but had tricycle landing gear, which gives the aircraft more docile ground handling than the tailwheel landing gear of the 140; Cessna also replaced the rounded tips of the wings and empennage with more modern-looking, squared-off tips, and the narrow, hinged wing flaps of the 140 were replaced by larger, far more effective Fowler flaps.

[4][5] The Cessna 142 prototype first flew on September 12, 1957, shortly before the aircraft was renamed to Model 150 in October.

With the 1967 Model 150G, the doors were bowed outwards 1.5 inches (38 mm) on each side to provide more cabin elbow room.

The 152 is more economical to operate due to the increased TBO (time between overhaul) of the Lycoming O-235 engine.

This was the first year the aircraft featured a swept tail fin, increased baggage area and electrically operated flaps.

Cessna 150s produced before 1964, such as this 1962 Cessna 150B, had a straight tail and a " fastback " rear body with no rear window.
A 1959-model Cessna 150 on display in the Norwegian Aviation Museum .
A 150A showing its metal wingtips, which are less smooth than the 150B's fiberglass wingtips.
A 150B with so-called "Patroller" doors, having windows in the lower half.
The 150D, like the very similar 150E shown here, had the new "Omni-Vision" wraparound rear window but retained the unswept tailfin of earlier 150 models.
1966 Reims F150F with wheel speed fairings.
Cessna 150G on floats, with large aftermarket "drooped" wingtips.
A Reims/Cessna FA150K Aerobat in Cessna's original 1970 Aerobat paint scheme.
1976 model Cessna 150M showing its 15% larger tail and rudder area
A number of Cessna 150s have been converted to taildragger configuration using STC kits.
T-51A (Cessna 150L) of the United States Air Force Academy