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3 unusual facts about Cessna 182


Boundary County Airport

On September 30, 2009 Colton Harris-Moore broke into and stole a Cessna 182 Turbo aircraft from Boundary County Airport, navigating over the high west ridge and westward through Washington state, over and across the Cascade Mountains and finally crash-landing outside of Granite Falls, Washington.

CDF Aviation Management Program

In the mid-1970s, CAL FIRE found that the contractor-owned air tactical planes, mostly single-engine Cessna 182s and Cessna 210s, did not provide the airspeed and safety needed for the new air tanker program.

Joseph Schwab

A man armed with a semi-automatic weapon emerged from the bushes and fired at the police and the Cessna 182 police plane.



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SMA SR305-230

Between 17 and 25 July 2006 a converted Cessna 182 (registration F-GJET) flew from Le Bourget to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.