Cessna DC-6

Model DC-6
Role	Four-seat tourer
Manufacturer	Cessna Aircraft Company
Designer	Clyde Cessna
First flight	1929
Primary user	United States Army Air Corps
Developed from	Cessna CW-6

The Cessna Model DC-6 was a 1920s American high-wing four-seat tourer built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. Used by the United States Army Air Corps as the UC-77/UC-77A.

Design and development

The DC-6 was a scaled-down four-seat version of the six-seat Cessna CW-6. It was rolled out in February 1929 and went into production in two versions the DC-6A and DC-6B. Both versions gained type certificates in September 1929. The depression and Wall Street crash reduced demand for the aircraft and only just over 20 of each model were produced. Some aircraft were taken on charge by the USAAC in 1942.

Variants

Model DC-6A

Fitted with a 300hp (224kW) Wright R-975 Whirlwind engine.

Model DC-6B

Fitted with a 225hp (168kW) Wright J-6 engine.

UC-77

Military designation of four DC-6As impressed into service by the USAAC.

UC-77A

Military designation of four DC-6Bs impressed into service by the USAAC.

• Note that the designations UC-77B, UC-77C and UC-77D were not DC-6s, they were used for other Cessna models.

Operators

 United States

• United States Army Air Force

Specifications

See also

References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.