Cessna U-3 Blue Canoe USAFCessna U 3A Blue Canoe airplane model. Popularly known in the U. S. Air Force as the Blue Canoe, the U 3 is the military version of the Cessna 310 twin engine transport. The prototype made its first flight on Jan. 3, 1953, and production for the civilian market began in 1954. In 1957 the USAF selected the aircraft for service as a light administrative liaison, cargo and utility transport. The Air Force eventually bought 160 off the shelf under the

Cessna announced that it was developing the Citation X in October 1990 at that year's NBAA conference

Its impressive safety record has earned it a legendary status

The Focke Wulf Fw-190 was one of the greatest fighters of WWII

The project was given high priority by the German High Command in 1942

low-intensity conflict and large-scale hostilities

The pilot takes control again for the landing

but lighter than contemporary engines such as the Rolls-Royce Merlin and Daimler-Benz DB 601

they were to be delivered to the French Purchasing Commission at Santa Monica starting in October

During November 1940

which used as many 707 components as possible

armed gunship

In August 1957