How many Skymasters are airworthy today you think?

[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.

[sunnysky]

Sadly, only one airworthy Skymaster of all models in the UK now.
Thats my Reims 337 G that Ive owned for 36 years.
low houred and great condition.
The 337 lives with us in France on Biscarrosse Airpark, one of only two airparks in France.
We do many trips in Europe with and the aircraft always attracts attention.

[Rick Erwin]

Originally Posted by sunnysky

Sadly, only one airworthy Skymaster of all models in the UK now.
Thats my Reims 337 G that Ive owned for 36 years.
low houred and great condition.
The 337 lives with us in France on Biscarrosse Airpark, one of only two airparks in France.
We do many trips in Europe with and the aircraft always attracts attention.

Hi Sunnysky,

I have a 1976 Reims pressurized G model, s/n 0017. It lived in Germany until it immigrated to the US in 2009.

There were 22 pressurized models built from 1973 through 1977, with only two built in 1976, 0016 and 0017. Is yours pressurized and if so, what is its s/n? They might be sister ships...

Rick