How many Skymasters are airworthy today you think?

[Jhogan0101]

How many Skymasters are airworthy today you think?

[Learjetter]

There are roughly 646 active Skymasters in the FAA Registry.

[frfly172]

Looks like 36 336 models are registered.

[GAdams]

It's funny that every time I land at a different airport the young linemen asks what kind of plane it is. It's a rare bird in some places.

[TomM]

When I am flying near an airport and announce my passing through their area, many times someone in the pattern will ask if I am landing there as they have never seen a skymaster. I get asked something about it at 90% of the places I land.......It is too bad there are so few registered....that is like only 1/5 to 1/4 of the original fleet

[MSGP]

US Registry shows;
155 - P Models
502 - US Registered 337's
5 - Great Britain

We have 10 in various states of restoration.

Mike

[Kim Geyer]

I know there are 5 really nice ones in KSCR

[Ernie Martin]

If Skymasters are rare in the US, imagine in the Bahamas where I've done most of my flying in the past 20 years.

And their rarity led to 2 humorous encounters.

At a remote out-island, where the landing fee was much higher for twins, the officer doing the paperwork for the fee looks at my airplane and says "Is that a single or a twin?" I take a moment and say "Well, it's got 2 engines but 1 is a spare." Guy starts writing and says "OK, single."

At another remote out-island, the lineman guides me to a parking spot with the aircraft facing East. I get out of the plane and he asks "What kind of airplane is this?" I say "A Skymaster, built by Cessna". He looks at the airplane and says "How come 2 engines?" I point East with my hand and say "When I'm going East I use the front engine, when I go West I use the rear engine."

Ernie

[hharney]

Nice compiled list of all Skymasters manufactured and how many for each model

[mshac]

Originally Posted by hharney

Nice compiled list of all Skymasters manufactured and how many for each model

Thanks Herb, that's good info to have. I don't think I've ever seen production broken down by year and serial number like that before. But here's an interesting problem:

According to that list, Cessna built 65 P337H aircraft from 1978 to 1980 when production ceased. However, when you query the FAA registration database for "P337H", no fewer than 69 are registered!!! Look it up for yourself, or click on the picture I attached. The site I used was http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AircraftQuery#SUBMIT

So the P337H fleet has GROWN by 4 aircraft since production stopped. Pretty impressive if you asked me! 106% of the original fleet still flying!

EDIT: I looked more closely, and that list has the same serial number repeated with different N#'s, which explains the problem. There are still a VERY high percentage of P337H's active, perhaps 80%, a far higher % than the fleet overall.

[Dr.Dan]

Hi everybody, I'm a new skymaster owner. My plane is a 73 T337G, previously N8988M; recently imported to Canada.

Looking at the Transport Canada registry there are:

97 Cessna* 337 currently registered
- 2 are Reims
- 9 pressurized
- 3 turbo no pressurized
4 Cessna 336

Cheers,
DD

[Jhogan0101]

Congrats and best of luck with her!

[DavidC]

All - Just joined this forum as a new owner of 336 N1725Z. Planning to add it soon to the list of airworthy 336s. It is in very good condition, but has sat for a few years in a hangar and we are starting a thorough annual now. I am looking forward to climbing the steep learning curve of Skymaster ownership with your help.

First question - It does not have an autopilot of any sort installed - What are my AP options for the 336? I am planning avionics upgrades and would like to start working on that plan.

Thank you.

David

[cartrm]

Originally Posted by Dr.Dan

Hi everybody, I'm a new skymaster owner. My plane is a 73 T337G, previously N8988M; recently imported to Canada.

Looking at the Transport Canada registry there are:

97 Cessna* 337 currently registered
- 2 are Reims
- 9 pressurized
- 3 turbo no pressurized
4 Cessna 336

Cheers,
DD

Also at least one O-2A with C reg. There is a second one I know of, but I think it might be operating on N reg.