NASA Publishes Second Economic Impact Report - AVweb

NASA’s a great outfit. One time though, after the Apollo Program ended, they hit upon the idea of scrutinizing manufactured aircraft for improvements and safety concerns. They selected a plane, tested it, made measurements, evaluated systems, performance data and other parameters, then published a report with several criticisms. As Richard Collins, who was the editor of Flying Magazine, pointed out, NASA did not disclose the aircraft type, but they did provide a three-view drawing of the plane. Needless to say, it was not difficult to determine which aircraft NASA selected: A Cessna 210! That raised a lot of eyebrows around the industry, and particularly at Cessna.