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CATOBAR
CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) is an aircraft carrier configuration in which aircraft launch by catapult and land using arresting gear that stops them within about 320 feet.
Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific, also known as Cebu Pacific Air, is a Philippine low-cost airline and the country's leading carrier, flying domestic and international routes from five hubs.
Centaur-class aircraft carrier
The Centaur-class aircraft carrier, also called the Hermes class, was a class of four British Royal Navy light fleet carriers completed between 1953 and 1959.
Centennial Challenges
Centennial Challenges is NASA's flagship program of public prize competitions, begun in 2005, which has awarded more than $24 million to hundreds of citizen solvers from 86 countries.
Centennial of Flight Commission
The Centennial of Flight Commission was a temporary US federal commission, created in 1998, coordinating the national commemoration of the Wright brothers' first powered flight centennial in 2003.
Center of gravity of an aircraft
The center of gravity of an aircraft is the point at which it would balance if suspended, computed as total moment divided by total weight and kept within manufacturer-set limits.
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor, also known as a radial compressor, raises gas pressure using a spinning impeller and diffuser, and is widely used in small gas turbines and auxiliary power units.
Cessna
Cessna Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Clyde Cessna in Wichita, Kansas, in 1927, best known for the 172 Skyhawk and Citation business jets.
Cessna 140
The Cessna 140 is a two-seat, single-engine tailwheel light aircraft built by Cessna in Wichita, Kansas, from 1946 to 1951, the first of its postwar lightplanes.
Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a two-seat, high-wing, single-engine light aircraft built by Cessna from 1958 to 1977, among the most popular trainer aircraft of the postwar era.
Cessna 152
The Cessna 152 is a two-seat, single-engine, high-wing light airplane certified by the FAA in 1977 as the successor to the Cessna 150, with production ending in 1985.
Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing aircraft produced by Cessna since 1955, with more than 45,000 built, and a common flight-school trainer.
Cessna 182 Skylane
The Cessna 182 Skylane, also known as the Cessna Skylane, is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane built by Cessna and introduced in 1956 as a tricycle-gear development of the Cessna 180.
Cessna 206
The Cessna 206, originally the Super Skywagon and later the Stationair, is a six-seat single-engine utility aircraft built by Cessna for bush flying, cargo, floats, and skydiving.
Cessna 208 Caravan
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single-engine utility turboprop built by Cessna since 1985, carrying a pilot and nine passengers or 3,000 pounds of cargo, with over 3,100 delivered.
Cessna 310
The Cessna 310, the military versions of which were the Cessna L-27 and U-3A Blue Canoe, is an American six-seat twin-engine piston aircraft built from 1954 to 1981.
Cessna 400
The Cessna 400, also known as the Lancair Columbia and later the Cessna TTx, is a four-seat, twin-turbocharged piston single first certificated in 2000, ending production in February 2018.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402, also sold as the Utiliner and Businessliner, is an unpressurized piston twin built by Cessna from 1966 to 1985 for commuter airlines and air taxi operators.
Cessna 414
The Cessna 414 is a pressurized twin-engine piston business aircraft built by Cessna in Wichita, combining the Model 421 fuselage with the Model 401 wing.
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly
The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly is an American twin-engine light attack aircraft that Cessna developed from the T-37 Tweet trainer for close air support from the Vietnam War onward.
Cessna Citation Excel
The Cessna Citation Excel, or Citation XLS, is a midsize business jet combining the Citation V Ultra's wing with the Citation X's stand-up cabin, first flown in 1996.
Cessna Citation family
The Cessna Citation family is a line of business jets built by Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas, marketed as the largest and most flown business jet fleet in the world.
Cessna Citation II
The Cessna Citation II (Model 550) is an American light business jet, a stretched Citation I certified in 1978 and sold as the T-47A to the US Navy.
Cessna Citation Longitude
The Cessna Citation Longitude is Textron Aviation's super-midsize flagship business jet, certified in 2019, seating up to 12 passengers with a 3,500 nm range and 483 kt cruise.
Cessna Citation Mustang
The Cessna Citation Mustang (Model 510) is a very light business jet built by Cessna from 2006 to 2017, the first fully certified very light jet.
Cessna Citation Sovereign
The Cessna Citation Sovereign (Cessna Model 680) is a midsize business jet built by Cessna, certified in 2004, with an updated Sovereign+ version and production ending in 2021.
Cessna Citation V
The Cessna Citation V, also built as the Citation Ultra, Encore, and Encore+, is a stretched business jet Cessna certified in 1988 and produced until 2011.
Cessna Citation X
The Cessna Citation X is a super-midsize twin-engine business jet built by Cessna, certified in 1996 and for most of its production life the world's fastest civilian aircraft.
Cessna CitationJet/M2
The Cessna CitationJet/M2 is a family of single-pilot light business jets built by Cessna, starting with the original CitationJet of 1993 and continuing as the Citation M2.
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, originally designated L-19, is a two-seat liaison and observation aircraft built by Cessna that served the US Army from 1950 to 1974.