It had a 12-volt electrical system and sold for $6,995 brand new. The earlier models of the Cessna 150 had a straight up vertical stabilizer and no back window. Another great response from the club. It had a Continental O-200 engine rated at 100hp. Their response wasn't based upon the "mission" of the aircraft, but on the economics of a 150 - a engine timed out 150 isn't worth very much...a timed out 172 is. Later models had a slanted vertical stabilizer and back windows. It is durable, simple to fly, and inexpensive to operate. Nearly 20 years later, in 1978, Cessna updated the C-150, with the introduction of the C-152. The Cessna 150 has been used to teach pilots to fly since 1959 and is still going strong. In April 1977, Cessna introduced the 152. In 1958, the Cessna 150 was introduced as a 1959 model. The plane is pretty much the same thing except for some new added features. I was in the same spot you were in Billy...everyone was telling me to buy anything other than a 150.
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