European Classic Cessna-Meeting

In co-operation with:

International Bird Dog Associaton

International Cessna 120-140 Association

Skymaster Owner and Pilots Association

The Meeting

The beauties line up wing by wing at the 2016 meeting (Photo: Werner Frings)

As part of the 5th Nostalgic Air-Picnic, again a Classic Cessna Meeting will take place on 6th September 2025 in cooperation with the German section of the International Cessna 120-140 Association and the International Bird Dog Association.

We are looking forward to numerous visits from the beautiful Cessna taildragger models Airmaster, C120, C140, C170, C180, C185, C195 and C305 (L-19 / O-1). However, early variants of the C150, C172, C175, C182 and C210 are also welcome as rare types like the C337 (O-2) and the early C310. The most beautiful participating classic Cessna also receives an award this year.

Four Cessna anniversaries can be celebrated in this year:

The Cessna 188 AGwagon had its debut 60 years ago on 19 February 1965.
Now 70 years ago, the Cessna 172 Skyhawk (on 12 June 1955) and the Cessna 182 Skylane (on 10 September 1955) took off for their maiden flights.
The Cessna 140 and also the Cessna 120 are already 80 years old. This series had its first launch on 28 June 1945 (C140) and on December 1945 (C120).
It's almost unbelievable that the Cessna Airmaster has been around for 90 years! The maiden flight of C-34 Airmaster took place in June 1935 (according to other sources already on 19 August 1934).

We would like to honor these events at this year's Classic Cessna-Meeting and are therefore honoring the oldest participating Cessna Airmaster, C120/140, C172/182 and C188.

Cessna 140 - D-EBEX (Photo: Frank Herzog)

We also want to show the different types of Cessna in the air. If you are interested in demonstrating your plane, you should contact our organization team for air displays.

Participians

Muster	Kennz.	Bauj.	Heimatflugplatz
*Cessna Airmaster*
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*Cessna Bobcat*
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Cessna C120
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Cessna C140
C140	OY-EFB	1946	Holbæk/DK
C140A	N5393C	1950	Kehl-Sundheim/D
Cessna C150
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Cessna C170
C170A	HB-CKA	1949	Speck-Fehraltdorf/CH
C170B	D-ELTU	1952	Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental/D
Cessna C172
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Cessna C175
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*Cessna C180*
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*Cessna C182*
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*Cessna C185*
C185E	N185ZA	1965	Tannheim/D
*Cessna C195*
C195A	N3446V	1947	Siegerland/D
C195B	N3081B	1952	Mainz-Finthen/D
*Cessna C210*
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*Cessna C305*
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*Cessna C310*
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*Cessna C337*
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History

Participants of the first Classic Cessna-Meeting 2012

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Wershofen gliding club, a Nostalgic Air-Picnic with Classic Cessna meeting was held in Wershofen for the first time in 2012. The meeting was well received from the start, and from the small C120 to the C170 to the large C195, the entire spectrum of the tail wheel Cessna was represented.

Of the 24 machines registered, 14 had found their way to Wershofen despite the bad weather in the south of Germany. With Andrea Rossetto's L-19 Bird Dog and the Classic Cessna-Corso with the Cessnas of Jürgen Fuchs, Herb Jösch and Thilo Kyritz, the numerous visitors were also able to admire some of the classic tailwheelers in the air.

Participants of Classic Cessna-Meeting 2012

The Cessnas arrive for the 2014 meeting (Photo: Wolfgang D. Schüle)

Due to the great approval and the request of the participants to continue the event in this form, there was the second Nostalgic Air-Picnic in 2014, again with a Classic Cessna meeting. This time even 30 Cessnas of the different model series were registered.

Unfortunately, the weather conditions in large parts of Germany and Europe prevented the approach for some participants.

Nevertheless, around half of the registered machines found their way to Wershofen.

The Bird Dogs were rather present at the Classic Cessna Meeting 2016 (Photo: Jessica Zimpel-Nonn)

Also in 2016 Wershofen became the Cessna stronghold again, with 41 registered participants aircraft of all model series from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Italy, Great Britain and Spain. A formation of six (!) Cessna Bird Dogs was probably unique, there were a total of eight machines of this model in the Eifel. The 140s Cessnas formed an equally large group.

Unfortunately, the weather forecast for Sunday was so bad that a large number of the participants had to cancel their participation at short notice and others left on Saturday. Nevertheless, this time it was again a great get together of the classic Cessnas.

Participants of Classic Cessna-Meeting 2016

The oldest flying Cessna in Europe: Cessna C-165 Airmaster D-EUCP from 1939 (Photo: Stefan Schmoll))

In 2018 the European Classic Cessna-Meeting was then a tradition and recorded 29 declarations of different Cessna models. Again, numerous exemplars found their way from all over Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland to the Eifel.

The participants from Italy unfortunately had to capitulate to the Alps due to the weather. We were very pleased that a Cessna Airmaster from 1939 was there for the first time. This "original Cessna" made of wood is something very special!

Participants of Classic Cessna-Meeting 2018