Cessna F.150 Commuter

PH-VGA Cessna T303 Crusader c/n T30300157 - Aero Noord Nederland - Hoogeveen airfield in Holland - 04/08/1996

The Cessna T.303 Crusader is a twin-engine 6-seat corporate and utility transport aircraft, built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The Cessna T303 accommodates next to the cockpit crew of 2 pilots, 4 passengers. Model 303 was designed as a four seat light twin replacement for Cessna Model 310. The prototype of the by two 120kW (160hp) Lycoming O320 engines powered Cessna Model 303 Clipper, was flown first on 14 February 1978. However, it was soon realised that the market demand was for a larger aircraft, and the Model 303 design was developed into a six seater aircraft. The new model, designated T303 for its turbocharged Continental TSIO-520 SER fuel injected engines, flew for the first time on 17 October 1979. After the FAA Type certification was awarded in 1981, the first production Cessna T303 Crusaders were delivered in 1981. When after four years the production of the T303 ended: 299 airframes were built and delivered.

Cessna T.303 Crusader PH-VGA is operated by Aero Noord Nederland on business flights and crew training out of Hoogeveen and is the only two-engined plane based at Hoogeveen aerodrome in the Netherlands. The 1982-built Cessna T303 Crusader N6503C arrived at Hoogeveen on delivery out of Reykjavik on 3 December 1993. The registration N6503C was cancelled on 10 December 1993. Cessna T.303 Crusader operated its first flight as PH-VGA on 21 December 1993.