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There are 73 Canadian Registered aircraft as well.
Soo...in US and Canada ther eare 649 + 73 = 722. Not including some that are in still flying in Europe (that includes you UK, Brexit be damned), Africa and Australia and other parts of the world...lest estimate another 50 there.
So Cessna/Reims built 2993 Skymasters of all variants, including 513 military O-2 versions.
Assume we are NOT counting the O2 some of those had...unexpected landings...and many will be in a military bone yard.
So 31% (772/2480) are still registered and assumed flying. That doesn't seem so bad considering that:
1. doesn't include the planes that have crashed
2. planes that have timed out (don't forget many of these planes worked for a living...fire, forestry, pipeline ect)
3. the airframe is 60+ years old and hasn't been produced in about 40 years.
Goes to how tough they are and their owners. Now only if we could get the manufacturers on board.
Chris
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