{"id":151,"date":"2014-01-04T16:38:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T23:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adwags.com\/kfc\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:46:07","slug":"cessna-t-41c","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/?page_id=151","title":{"rendered":"Cessna T-41C"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_171\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/continental.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-171\" title=\"Continental IO-360\" src=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/continental-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Continental IO-360\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/continental-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/continental-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Continental IO-360<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Club has four T-41Cs, nicknamed the Mescalero. It is the Air Force version of the Cessna 172. The Air Force bought about 30 T-41s in the early 1960s from Cessna Aircraft to provide introductory flight training for the cadets at the Air Force Academy. Because of the high altitude of the Academy (7,000 feet), the Mescalero was equipped with a 6 cylinder 210 hp, Continental IO-360 fuel-injected engine instead of the usual 160 hp carburetor engine in the civilian version. The extra horsepower makes it fun to fly and provides additional safety for takeoffs and landings at higher altitudes.<\/p>\n<h3>Reference Materials<\/h3>\n<p>The Pilot&#8217;s Operating Handbook (POH), procedures and example weight and balance sheets can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/?page_id=306\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Gallery<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-151 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n7867n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n7867n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"N7867N\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-180\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-180'>\n\t\t\t\tT-41C N7867N\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n7752l.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n7752l-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"N7752L\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178'>\n\t\t\t\tT-41C N7752L\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n7887n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/kirtlandflightcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n7887n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"N7887N\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-184\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-184'>\n\t\t\t\tT-41C N7887N\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Club has four T-41Cs, nicknamed the Mescalero. 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