![]() Cessna design engineers, led by the highly regarded David R. To its credit, the company stopped to assess the market and decided it wasn’t big enough. In the last heady days of the traditional light-aircraft industry (that’s the late 70s to you youngsters), Cessna designed and built a prototype of the Model 303 Clipper, a light twin to compete with the Beech Duchess, Grumman American Cougar and Piper Seminole. ![]() Also unfortunately, more than one definition of the word light applies to it. Unfortunately, its production life was brief: Only 297 were built during four years. All around, it is the most thoughtfully designed light twin and one of the most interesting modern general aviation concepts. Cessna’s last piston twin design, the Crusader, has many appealing qualities.
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