T-41 Mescalero: The Military Cessna 172

By Walt Shiel

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Language: English Not Rated (NR)

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T-41 Mescalero tells a long-overdue story. Few realize the extent of the rich military history behind the 50-year-old Cessna 172 and its military cousin the T-41. Now, for the first time anywhere, this rich history is captured in print, complete with stories and photographs from around the world.

Far more than just a listing of models and quantities sold to the 70 military operators of the ubiquitous Cessna 172, T-41 Mescalero includes training and operational tales of derring-do from military pilots around the world. How about the rocket pods tested by the Irish Air Corps? Or the target towing system evaluated by Sweden? Illustrated with 194 photos (80% in color), the result is entertaining and educational.

T-41 Mescalero includes the most complete listing ever assembled of the 867 T-41s and 158 other Cessna 172s flown by 54 countries — grouped by model, region, and country—with current status or known disposition for most of them. This book is destined to become a standard reference for historians, model makers, pilots, and others for whom the Cessna 172 still defines general aviation.

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"Thoroughly 'reader friendly' T-41 Mescalero is a seminal and indispensable addition to personal, academic, and community library Military Aviation reference collections and supplemental reading lists." -Midwest Book Review

"Treating every variant and all operators, with a selection of drawings from the technical manuals, this book is the best on this subject." -Air Fan magazine

"Well researched, well written and beautifully illustrated. This book is a must for everyone who has every flown a Cessna — or wished they had!" -Walter J. Boyne, author & historian

"The authors of this obvious labor of love have provided readers with a universal guide to an extremely versatile and work-horse aircraft that richly deserves telling." -Dan Hagedorn, author of Latin American Air Wars 1912-1969

"Walt Shiel, Jan Forsgren and Mike Little have covered the story of the T-41 Mescalero, and other military 172s, in a wide-reaching and exciting way that paves new ground for the pilot, the aviation buff, and the historian." -from the Foreword by Robert F. Dorr, author of Air Combat

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