Cessna C-106 Loadmaster

C-106 Loadmaster
C-106 Loadmaster
	The P260 demonstrator
General information
Type	Military transport monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Cessna Aircraft
Number built	2
History
First flight	1943

Last updated November 09, 2025

The Cessna C-106 Loadmaster (or Cessna P260) was a 1940s American twin-engined transport monoplane.^[1] Built of plywood it did not enter production due to a wartime shortage of material.^[1]

Development

The C-106 Loadmaster was a twin-engined high-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel landing gear.^[2] It was powered by two 600 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engines.^[1] Two company owned P260 demonstrators were built and given the military designation C-106 Loadmaster.^[1] An order for 500 was cancelled due to a shortage of plywood.^[1]

Variants

C-106: Military designation for company owned P260 prototype with two R-1340-S3H1 engines.
C-106A: Military designation for company owned P260 prototype with two R-1340-AN-2 engines.

Specifications

Data from^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 4
Capacity: 2,440 lb
Length: 51 ft 1 in (15.57 m)
Wingspan: 64 ft 8 in (19.71 m)
Empty weight: 9,800 lb (4,445 kg)
Gross weight: 14,800^[3] lb (6,713 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340 ^[1]^[4] air-cooled radial piston engine, 600 hp (450 kW) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 195 mph (314 km/h, 169 kn)

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 Andrade 1979, p. 84
1 2 "American airplanes - Cessna". www.aerofiles.com. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
↑ American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925: E.R. Johnson, Lloyd S. Jones, p.172
↑ Note: Aerofile has two Pratt & Whitney R-1830 being used.

Bibliography

Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[andrade-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Andrade 1979, p. 84

[aerofile-2] 1 2 "American airplanes - Cessna". www.aerofiles.com. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-29.

[3] American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925: E.R. Johnson, Lloyd S. Jones, p.172

[4] Note: Aerofile has two Pratt & Whitney R-1830 being used.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems
Army/Air Force sequence (1925–1962)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41 C-41A C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46 C-47 C-47F C-47T AC-47 C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-55 C-56 C-57 C-58 C-59 C-60 C-61 C-62 C-63 C-64 C-65 C-66 C-67 C-68 C-69 C-70 C-70B C-71 C-72 C-73 C-74 C-75 C-76 C-77 C-77B–D C-78 C-79 C-80 C-81 C-82 C-83 C-83A C-83B C-84 C-85 C-86 C-87 C-88 C-89 C-90 C-91 C-92 C-93 C-94 C-95 C-96 C-97 KC-97 C-98 C-99 C-100 C-101 C-102 C-103 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 C-117D C-118 C-119 AC-119 C-120 C-121 C-121F EC-121 C-122 C-123 C-123A C-124 C-125 C-126 C-127² DHC C-127 Douglas C-127 C-128 C-129 C-130 C-130J AC-130 DC-130 EC-130/H HC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 C-131 NC-131H C-132 C-133 C-134 C-135 KC-135 C-136 C-137² Boeing YC-137 DHC YC-137 C-137 C-138¹ C-139¹ C-140 C-141 C-142
Tri-service sequence (1962–present)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7² C-7 RC-7 C-8 C-9 C-10² C-10 KC-10 C-11 C-12 RC-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16¹ C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20² C-20A–D C-20F–J C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-27J C-28 C-29 C-30¹ C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34¹ C-35 C-36 ³ C-37 C-37B C-38 C-39¹ C-40 C-41 C-42¹ C-43¹ C-44¹ C-45 C-46
Revived original sequence (2005–present)	C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146 C-147
Non-sequential designations	C-767 C-880
Related designations	CT-39 CT-43 CV-2 CV-7
¹ Not assigned •² Assigned to multiple types •³ Unconfirmed