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Falcon Insurance Agency Inc.Half Page4/C Adtrainer versions of the T-50, creating the military’s first twin trainer. More importantly, in September, 1940 the British Commonwealth ordered 180 T-50s, to be used by the RCAF for the training of bomber pilots in Canada, thereby rescuing a barely-solvent Cessna Aircraft Company. In all, 830 of the RCAF’s “Crane” trainers were delivered, and the U.S. military subsequently bought the airplane as AT-17 trainers and UC-78 utility airplanes. In Navy dress, it was called the JRC. As with many U.S. aircraft manufacturers, Cessna was delivered from economic distress by its wartime efforts, at one point rolling a completed airplane out the door every 10 minutes. Some 5,402 of the Cessna twins were built before production halted in 1944; only a handful still exist today.Serendipitously, from the standpoint of wartime acceptance, Wallace chose to build the Bobcat much as he had the Airmasters; the fuselage was fabric-covered steel tubing, the wing used laminated wood spars and built-up wooden ribs, with plywood leading-edge sheeting and fabric overall, and the empennage was a combination of wood and steel-tube construction. Scarcely any aluminum was required; thus, Cessna was able to supply a badly-needed airplane without negotiating for war-critical materials.! DOWTY! HARTZELL! MCCAULEY! MT PROPELLER! SENSENICH! RAPCO DISTRIBUTOR! WOODWARD PT6Ahttp://www.rockyprop.com e-mail: rockyprop@rockyprop.com! LARGE INVENTORY ! SAME DAY SHIPPING ! UNCOMPROMISED QUALITY ! COMPETITIVE PRICES ! WORLD CLASS WARRANTY ! FACTORY TRAINED TECHNICIANS2865 AIRPORT DRIVE ! ERIE, CO 80516FAX: 303-665-7164 ! FAA/EASA CRS FR6R545N6 • TWIN & TURBINEAUGUST 2014