Cessna 337 Super Skymaster

Cessna · United States · first flew 1964 · light aircraft

Cessna’s centre-line-thrust twin — engines fore and aft so an engine failure never yaws the aircraft, and nothing else sounds remotely like it.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	High-mounted, straight
E — Engines	2 × piston, fuselage-mounted
F — Fuselage	9.07 m fuselage
T — Tail	Twin fin

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Spot it by:

Push-pull twin: one propeller on the nose, one behind the cabin
Twin tail booms framing the rear propeller
Sounds like two aircraft disagreeing — a spotter favourite

Unmistakable: high wing, twin booms, propellers at both ends of a pod fuselage. The military O-2 is the same shape with observation windows and hardpoints — civil 337s are cleaner with wheel doors and smarter paint.

Specifications

The Cessna 337 Super Skymaster has a length of 9.07 m (30 ft).
It has a wingspan of 11.58 m (38 ft).
Its maximum speed is 330 km/h (205 mph).
Typical crew: 1 pilot + 5 passengers.

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History

Evolved from the fixed-gear 336 of 1961, the retractable 337 Super Skymaster flew in 1964. The centreline layout was meant to make twin flying safer for single-engine pilots; over 2,000 civil examples were built alongside the military O-2 observation version.

Variants

336 fixed-gear; 337 through 337H with turbo and pressurised P337 versions; military O-2A/B; Reims-built F337s in Europe.

Where you'll see it

Private owners, fish-spotters, border patrols and survey operators worldwide — and a cult classic at fly-ins, where the push-pull drone announces it before it appears.

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