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* Land-O-Matic – In 1956, Cessna introduced sprung-steel tricycle landing gear on the 172.
The marketing department chose “ Land-O-Matic ” to imply that these aircraft were much easier to land and take off than the preceding conventional landing gear equipped Cessna 170.
They even went as far as to say pilots could do “ drive-up take-offs and drive-in landings ”, implying that flying these aircraft was as easy as driving a car.
In later years some Cessna models had their steel sprung landing gear replaced with steel tube gear legs.
The 206 retains the original spring steel landing gear today.
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