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Textron Aviation to bring largest lineup
Textron Aviation to bring largest lineup of industry-leading products to 2025 EAA AirVenture
WICHITA, Kan. (July 10, 2025) – Textron Aviation today announced that it is bringing a comprehensive lineup of its industry-leading products to the 2025 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from Monday, July 21 to Sunday, July 27. The static display at Whitman Regional Airport will be the largest the company has ever included at EAA, and the largest static display of any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) at this year’s show.
One of the aircraft on display, a Cessna Grand Caravan EX, will feature a special paint scheme celebrating its 40th year of flight. The full list of aircraft expected to be featured at the company’s static display (Booth #78) includes:
- Cessna Skyhawk, the world’s popular aircraft, which is celebrating 70 years of flight this year
- Cessna Turbo Stationair HD
- Cessna Turbo Skylane
- Cessna Skylane
- Cessna Grand Caravan EX, celebrating 40 years of adventures
- Beechcraft Denali
- Legendary Beechcraft King Air 360
- Cessna SkyCourier (freighter variant) for the first time at the static display
- Cessna Citation M2 Gen2
- Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen3 mockup
- Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 cockpit mockup
In addition, McCauley Propeller Systems, Textron eAviation, Bell and Lycoming are showcasing products in the booth, including:
Cessna 182, good for low time pilot?
Cessna 182, good for low time pilot?
Recently I had a call asking “should a low time pilot buy a Cessna 182”? The caller was concerned because they only had 75 hours total time and all of that was in a Cessna 172. On top of that, they had a chance to buy a Cessna 182 that has very low time and is a clean airplane, should they be concerned about their low total time when moving up to a 182?
My quick thoughts. The Cessna 182 is a great aircraft. It offers an excellent platform for instrument (IFR) training, is a respectable cross country aircraft and is reasonably cost effective to operate. As a private pilot, your first year will be a little more expensive to insure because of your low hours, but that’s about it. Yes, it does cost slightly more to maintain than a Cessna 172, but the difference is slight, mainly in the fuel burn and engine costs. The Continental six-cylinder, 470 engine (or the Lycoming 540 in the new models) are very reliable engines. Parts are in supply, aftermarket items and service is available almost anywhere you can fly to.
About the only thing that seems to bother the 182 are the fuel bladders in the pre-1979 aircraft and the nose gear impacts that low time pilots inflict during training. The 182 gets quite a few hard landings on the nose, typically when they are full of fuel and lightly loaded with passengers and baggage. A pilot tends to run out of elevator in the flare a little higher than they should and drop them on the nose. Nothing that cannot be corrected with a good dose of training at different loads.
As with any other aircraft, a good pre-buy inspection for damage history, corrosion and maintenance should be done before the purchase. Also line up an instructor that has a fair amount of time in the Cessna 182 and they can show you how well the aircraft can really perform. Oh, and if you are used to the Cessna 172, the 182 will just require more arm muscles in the flare. The heavy control pressure will be notable for the first few hours, after that, it’s a typical Cessna!