Cessna introduces revamped C-195, CAP orders 100 of them

[jayleswo]

According to ANN, Cessna has introduced a totally revamped Classic Cessna C-195 (see ANN article here -> http://www.aero-news.net/news/genav.cfm?ContentBlockID=c2f42c73-9af5-4b92-bdf5-377aefd07994&Dynamic=1).

Cessna's Jack Pelton said that the new Model 195 "...combines the best features of old and new. From the new Model 195's FADEC-controlled Jacobs radial engine, to its sturdy ribbed aluminum construction and fully cantilevered wing, and its neo-art-deco panel equipped with a full Garmin G1000 avionics suite, this aircraft will offer its owner impressive capabilities, and will make a statement whereever it lands."

According to Brig Gen Amy Courter, Civil Air Patrol Interim National Commander (iCC), "the C-195 offers the CAP an aircraft that combines the best of early 21st century avionics with a classic 20th century airframe. The conventional gear aircraft will appeal to CAP's aged pilot population and entice them into trying out modern avionics. This should reduce the number of times a CAP aircraft gets lost on their weekend $100 hamburger runs, er, training and proficiency sorties."

CAP Executive Director Don Rowland added that motivating the CAP's older pilots into the cockpit of any aircraft with more than a six pack and a Narco radio was becoming a huge problem for the Patrol's senior pilot demographic as more and more Garmin G1000 equipped aircraft were introduced into the Patrol's fleet of Cessna's (the world's largest). Also, the payload and horsepower offered by the C-195's radial engine would allow the CAP to fly full aircrews of three people which addressed another chronic problem the CAP has had over the past few decades as their volunteers have become more portly with age.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with between 55,000 and 65,000 members nationwide depending on who you ask. CAP performs 85-95% percent (we're really not sure which) of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 103 lives in fiscal year 2007 and awarded several Silver Medal of Valor's to members involved in life saving activities such as directing traffic away from the scene of an accident and rescuing several stranded cats from tree's in the aftermath of the various weather related disasters afflicting the southeast. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 22,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 65 years.

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Sign me up for aircrew training. 

[Smithsonia]

Would this have anything to do with April Fools? I thought so!
With regards;
1Lt. Ed O'Brien
CO/WG Heritage Projuect Officer.

[SJFedor]

Almost got me, until I saw the pricetag for one of the C-195s would buy us two 182Ts.

You're funny!