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{{short description|American WWII twin-engine advanced trainer aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = AT-17/UC-78 Bobcat<br>Crane<br>Model T-50
  |image = Cessna AT-17 (cropped).jpg
  |type = [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer]], [[transport aircraft|five-seat light transport]] and [[utility aircraft]]
  |manufacturer = [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Company]]
  |first_flight = 26 March 1939 (T-50)
  |introduction = 
  |status = Retired, some examples in private use
  |primary_user = [[United States Army Air Forces]]
  |more_users = [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]<br />[[United States Navy]]
  |produced = 1939-1944
  |number_built = 5,422
  |variants = 
  |developed_into =
}}
The '''Cessna AT-17 Bobcat''' or '''Cessna Crane''' is a twin-engine advanced [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainer aircraft]] designed and made in the United States, and used during [[World War II]] to bridge the gap between single-engine trainers and larger multi-engine combat aircraft. The commercial version was the '''Model T-50''', from which the military versions were developed. Additional versions and names include the '''AT-8''' trainer, '''UC-78''' transport and bomber, and the '''Crane Mk.I''' in Canadian service.

==Design and development==
[[File:Cessna T-50 NC67094 (4722764164).jpg|thumb|T-50 in flight]]
In 1939, three years after [[Clyde Cessna]] retired, the Cessna T-50 made its first flight, becoming the company's first twin-engine airplane, and its first [[Landing gear|retractable undercarriage]] airplane. The prototype T-50 first flew on 26 March 1939,<ref name=Wixley>Wixley, 1984, p.13</ref> and was issued Approved [[Type Certificate]] 722 on 24 March 1940.<ref name=Juptner>Juptner, 1994, pp.85-88</ref>

The '''AT-8''', '''AT-17''', '''C-78''', '''UC-78''', and '''Crane''' were military versions of the commercial '''Cessna T-50''' light transport. The [[Cessna]] Airplane Company first produced the wood and tubular steel, fabric-covered T-50 in 1939 for the civilian market, as a lightweight and lower cost twin for personal use where larger aircraft such as the [[Beechcraft Model 18]] would be too expensive. A low-wing [[cantilever]] [[monoplane]], it featured [[Landing gear|retractable main landing gear]] and trailing edge wing [[Flap (aeronautics)|flaps]], both electrically actuated via chain-driven screws. The retracted main landing gear left some of the wheels extended below the engine [[nacelle]] for emergency wheel-up landings. The wing structure was built around laminated spruce spar beams, [[truss]]-style spruce and plywood ribs, and plywood wing leading edges and wing tips. The fixed [[Conventional landing gear|tailwheel]] is not steerable, but can be locked straight. The Curtiss Reed metal fixed-pitch propellers were soon replaced with [[Hamilton Standard]] 2B-20-213 hydraulically actuated, [[constant-speed propeller|constant-speed]], [[Propeller (aeronautics)#Feathering|non-featherable propellers]]. Power was provided by two {{cvt|225|hp}} [[Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company|Jacobs]] [[Jacobs_R-755|L-4MB]] [[radial engines]] rated at {{cvt|245|hp}} for takeoff. Production began in December 1939.<ref name=ws>Shiel, 1995, pp.15-16</ref>{{rp|35-36,45-46}}

==Operational history==
[[File:Cessna UC-78 Bobcat in flight.jpg|thumb|UC-78 in flight]]
===US military===
On 19 July 1940, [[United States Assistant Secretary of War]] [[Louis A. Johnson]] ordered 33 AT-8 trainers, based on the T-50 for the [[United States Army Air Corps]] (USAAC). Modifications included cockpit roof windows, more powerful {{cvt|290|hp}} [[Lycoming R-680]] engines and military radios. The first AT-8 was delivered to the USAAC in December 1940, and in late 1941, the US Army ordered an additional 450 AT-17s, based on the T-50. Modifications included additional cockpit windows and {{cvt|245|hp}} [[Jacobs R-755]]-9 engines.<ref name=ws/>{{rp|36-41}} Production for the U.S. Army Air Corps continued under the designation AT-17 reflecting a change in equipment and engine types. In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Force (the successor to the Air Corps from June 1941) ordered the Bobcat as a light transport as '''C-78'''s, which were redesignated as '''UC-78'''s on 1 January 1943. By the end of World War II, Cessna had produced more than 4,600 Bobcats for the U.S. Army, 67 of which were transferred to the [[United States Navy]] as '''JRC-1'''s. The Navy used the aircraft primarily for shuttling crews of [[ferry flight]]s to and from their home bases.{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|p=418}} The Bobcat was given the nickname "Bamboo Bomber" in US service.  Few Bobcats were still in service with the United States Air Force when it was formed in September 1947, and the type was declared obsolete in 1949.<ref name=Swanborough>Swanborough, 1989, p.? {{Page needed|date=April 2021}}</ref>

===Royal Canadian Air Force===
In September 1940, the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] ordered 180 '''Crane Mk.I''' trainers, Cessna's largest order to date. Modifications for the RCAF included [[Hartzell Propeller|Hartzell]] fixed-pitch wooden propellers, removable cylinder head baffles, and [[oil heater]]s. The first Crane Mk.I was delivered to the RCAF in November 1940, and Cessna then received an additional order from the RCAF for 460 more Crane Mk.Is. An additional 182 AT-17A were received by the RCAF through lend-lease, operated under the designation '''Crane Mk.IA''', bringing the total produced for the RCAF to 822, which were operated under the [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]] (BCATP).<ref name=Phillips>Phillips, 1985, p.? {{Page needed|date=April 2021}}</ref> 

===Other operators===
[[File:Cessna T-50 Bobcat (11632 (cn 1632)) - 2.jpg|thumb|Cessna T-50 Bobcat at [[EAA AirVenture]] 2008]]
In addition to military orders, the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]] (CAA, precursor to the FAA) ordered 13 T-50s, and [[Pan American Airways]] ordered 14 T-50s. Aircraft operated by the US military and by the RCAF were retired shortly after the end of the war and many were exported worldwide including to [[Brazil]] and the [[Taiwan|Nationalist Chinese]]. 

After the war, surplus AT-17s and UC-78s could be converted with CAA-approved kits to civilian-standard aircraft allowing their certification under the original T-50 approved type certificate.<ref name=Juptner/> They were used by small airlines, charter and bush operators, and private pilots. Some were operated on floats. By the 1970s, the number of airworthy aircraft had dwindled as they were made obsolete by more modern types and by the maintenance required by their aging wood wing structures and fabric covering. Since then, several have been restored by antique airplane enthusiasts.

As of December 2017, FAA records show 52 T-50s, two AT-17s, and five UC-78s listed on its registration database.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=CESSNA&Modeltxt=T-50&PageNo=1|title=FAA Registry - Aircraft - Make / Model Inquiry|work=faa.gov|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807033133/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=CESSNA&Modeltxt=T-50&PageNo=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=CESSNA&Modeltxt=AT-17&PageNo=1|title=FAA Registry - Aircraft - Make / Model Inquiry|work=faa.gov|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807040957/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=CESSNA&Modeltxt=AT-17&PageNo=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=CESSNA&Modeltxt=UC-78&PageNo=1|title=FAA Registry - Aircraft - Make / Model Inquiry|work=faa.gov|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807031439/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=CESSNA&Modeltxt=UC-78&PageNo=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Notable appearances in media===
It was featured in the popular [[television]] series ''[[Sky King]]'' of the early-to-mid 1950s.<ref name=ws/>{{rp|44-45}} The aircraft was replaced in later episodes by the T-50's successor, the all-metal [[Cessna 310]]. One also stood in for Japanese twin engine bombers in the low level attack scene on the US PT boat base in the 1963 film, ''[[PT-109]]''

==Variants==
===Company designations===
[[File:CessnaT-50 CAA NC-33 (5289547410).jpg|thumb|CAA (FAA precursor) Cessna T-50]]
;T-50:fitted with [[Jacobs R-755|Jacobs L-4MB]] radial piston engines.
;P-7: experimental T-50 with more powerful {{cvt|300|hp}} [[Jacobs R-915|Jacobs L-6MB]] engines, and plywood covered tailplane and wings, one built, first flown 2 June 1941.
;P-10: 1941 advanced bomber trainer with modified fuselage, sliding canopy and {{cvt|330|hp}} Jacobs engines, one built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cessna: P-10|url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_cessna.html|website=aerofiles|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>

===USAAC/USAAF designations===
[[File:Cessna AT-17 (1010445214).jpg|thumb|Cessna AT-17 trainer]]
[[File:CessnaUC78C.jpg|thumb|Restored UC-78C]]
;AT-8: Military advanced trainer with two {{cvt|295|hp}} [[Lycoming R-680|Lycoming R-680-9]] radial piston engines, 33 built.
;AT-17: As per AT-8 but powered by {{cvt|245|hp}} [[Jacobs R-755|Jacobs R-755-9 (L-4)]] engines, 450 built, some later converted to AT-17E.
;AT-17A: As per AT-17 but with metal [[Propeller (aeronautics)|propellers]] and reduced weight, 223 built. 182 to [[Canada]] as Crane Mk.IAs and later conversions to AT-17Fs.
;AT-17B: As per AT-17A but with equipment changes, wooden propellers and reduced weight, 466 built. Subsequent aircraft were built as UC-78Bs.
;AT-17C: As per AT-17A but different [[Avionics|radio equipment]], 60 built.
;AT-17D: As per AT-17C with equipment changes, 131 built.
;AT-17E: AT-17 with gross weight limited to {{cvt|5300|lb}}.
;AT-17F: AT-17A with gross weight limited to {{cvt|5300|lb}}.
;AT-17G: AT-17B with gross weight limited to {{cvt|5300|lb}}.
;C-78: Transport with variable-pitch propellers, became UC-78 in 1943, 1354 built.
;UC-78: C-78 redesignated in 1943
;UC-78A: 17 civilian T-50s impressed.
;UC-78B: AT-17B redesignated, 1806 built.
[[File:Cessna Crane 02.JPG|thumb|[[RCAF]] Cessna Crane as used in the [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan|BCATP]] at the [[Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum]]]]
;UC-78C: AT-17D redesignated, 131 AT-17Ds redesignated and 196 built.

===US Navy designation===
;JRC-1: Navy light transport version of the UC-78 with two Jacobs -9 engines, 67 delivered.

===RCAF designations===
;Crane Mk.I: 640 T-50s with minor equipment changes.
;Crane Mk.IA: 182 AT-17As delivered to RCAF under lend-lease.

==Operators==
[[File:Cranebav.jpg|thumb|Cessna Crane mounted on floats for use as bushplane in Canada]]
;{{BRA}}
* [[Brazilian Air Force]] (operated 39 from 1943 to 1956)
;{{flag|Canada|1921}} 
* [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] (operated 822 from 1941 to 1949)
**No. 3 Service Flying Training School RCAF (SFTS) &mdash; [[Calgary, Alberta]]<ref name=RCAFatWar>Milberry, 1990, pp.456-459</ref>
**No. 4 SFTS &mdash; [[RCAF Station Saskatoon]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 10 SFTS &mdash; [[RCAF Station Dauphin]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 11 SFTS &mdash; [[RCAF Station Yorkton]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 12 SFTS &mdash; [[RCAF Station Brandon]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 15 SFTS &mdash; [[RCAF Station Claresholm]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 1 Flying Instructor School &mdash; [[CFB Trenton|RCAF Station Trenton]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 2 Flying Instructor School &mdash; [[RCAF Station Vulcan]]/[[RCAF Station Pearce]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**No. 3 Flying Instructor School &mdash; [[Arnprior Airport|RCAF Station Arnprior]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
**Central Flying School &mdash; [[CFB Trenton|RCAF Station Trenton]]<ref name=RCAFatWar/>
* [[Queen Charlotte Airlines]]
;{{CRI}}
* [[Air Vigilance Service|Air Force of Costa Rica]] (operated one in 1948)
;{{flag|Ethiopia|1897}}
* [[Ethiopian Air Force]] (operated two from 1946 to 1965)
;{{FRA}}
* [[French Air Force]] and [[French Navy]] (operated eight from 1943 to 1951)
;{{GTM}}
* [[Guatemalan Air Force]] (received one in 1949)
;{{HTI}}
*[[Haiti Air Corps]] (operated four from 1943 to 1995)
;{{NIC}}
* [[Nicaraguan Air Force]] (received two in 1947)
;{{flag|North Yemen}}
* [[Yemeni Air Force]] (operated three from 1950 to 1958)
;{{ROC}}
* [[Republic of China Air Force]] (operated 15 from 1946 to 1950)
;{{PER}}
* [[Peruvian Air Force]] (operated nine from 1945 to 1958)
;{{POL}}
* [[LOT Polish Airlines]] (operated 14 in 1946-1950)<ref name=Jońca>Jońca, 1985, p.12</ref>
;{{USA}}
* [[Civil Aeronautics Authority]]
* [[United States Army Air Corps]]/[[United States Army Air Forces]]
* [[United States Navy]]
* [[Wien Air Alaska|Northern Consolidated Airlines]]
* [[Wiggins Airways]]<ref name=Bridgman>Bridgman, 1952, p.28</ref>
* [[North Central Airlines|Wisconsin Central Airlines]]
* [[Friedkin Airlines]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trinkle |first=Kevin |title=History of PSA |url=https://www.psa-history.org/history/index.html |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.psa-history.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Surviving aircraft==
[[File:UC-78 of the National WASP Museum.jpg|thumb|UC-78 of the National WASP WWII Museum]]
[[File:UC-78B “Bamboo Bomber” (49871626652).jpg|thumb|UC-78B at the Museum of Aviation]]

===Canada===
* 7829 – Crane Mk.I at the [[Western Development Museum]] in [[Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna Crane I, s/n 7829 RCAF, c/n 1272 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=176239 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 7862 – Crane Mk.I airworthy at the [[Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna Crane Mk. I |url=http://www.warplane.com/aircraft/collection/details.aspx?aircraftId=10 |website=Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 8676 – Crane Mk.I on static display at the [[Canada Aviation and Space Museum]] in [[Ottawa, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna Crane |url=http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/collection-research/artifact-cessna-crane.php |website=Canada Aviation and Space Museum |access-date=14 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218014553/http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/collection-research/artifact-cessna-crane.php |archive-date=18 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ginn |first1=Jason |title=The Crane With Clipped Wings |url=http://www.canadianarmsandarmour.ca/the-crane-with-clipped-wings |website=Canadian Arms and Armour |date=24 November 2021 |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 8769 – Crane Mk.IA airworthy with [[Vintage Wings of Canada]] in [[Gatineau, Quebec]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Scott |title=Cessna T-50 Crane Soon Bound for Canada |url=http://www.vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-news/cessna-t-50-crane-soon-bound-for-canadaby-scott-thompson-aero-vintage-books.html |access-date=15 September 2025 |work=Vintage Aviation News |date=3 July 2025}}</ref>
* 8778 – Crane Mk.IA the [[Reynolds-Alberta Museum]] in [[Wetaskiwin, Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aviation |url=http://www.reynoldsmuseum.ca/aviation |website=Reynolds Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna Crane IA, s/n 8778 RCAF, c/n 2328, c/r CF-BTA |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=6998 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 8841 – Crane in storage at the Memorial Military Museum in [[Campbellford, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Kevin |title=It Started from Scrap |url=http://eflyer.barnstormers.com/2008/029-eFLYER-FA01-Scrap.html |website=Barnstormers.com |access-date=15 September 2025 |date=August 2008}}</ref>
* c/n 3760 – UC-78B at the [[Bomber Command Museum of Canada]] in [[Nanton, Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna Crane |url=http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/cessna-crane |website=Bomber Command Museum of Canada |access-date=14 September 2025 |date=25 June 2024}}</ref>
* Crane on static display at the [[Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum]] in [[Brandon, Manitoba]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna Crane |url=http://www.airmuseum.ca/collections/our-aircraft/cessna-crane |website=Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial |date=7 May 2025 |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* T-50 on static display at [[The Hangar Flight Museum]] in [[Calgary, Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna T50 Crane |url=http://www.thehangarmuseum.ca/our-collections/cessna-t50-crane |website=The Hangar Flight Museum |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>

===United States===
* 8139 – Crane Mk.I airworthy at the Wings of War Museum in [[Palmyra, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna Crane |url=http://caspir.warplane.com/aircraft/serial-search/aircraft-no/200000445 |website=CASPIR |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N1238N] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N1238N |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 42-39162 – UC-78B on static display at the [[Pima Air & Space Museum]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78B (JRC-1) Bobcat |url=http://www.pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/cessna-uc-78 |website=Pima Air & Space Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 42-71507 – UC-78 on display at the [[Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum]] in [[Hood River, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78 "Bobcat" |url=http://www.waaamuseum.org/collections/airplanes/209-Cessna-UC-78-%E2%80%9CBobcat%E2%80%9D |website=Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna UC-78 Bobcat, s/n 42-71507 USAAF, c/n 4203, c/r N58542 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12226 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
* 42-71626 – UC-78B on static display at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78B Bobcat |url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196259/cessna-uc-78b-bobcat |website=National Museum of the United States Air Force |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 42-71714 – UC-78B on static display at the [[Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)|Museum of Aviation]] in [[Warner Robins, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UC-78B Bamboo Bomber |url=http://www.museumofaviation.org/portfolio/uc-78b-bamboo-bomber |website=Museum of Aviation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 43-1838 – UC-78 in storage at the [[Castle Air Museum]] in [[Atwater, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78 Bamboo Bomber #43-1838 |url=http://www.castleairmuseum.org/collections/cessna-uc-78-bamboo-bomber |website=Castle Air Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 43-7995 – UC-78B on static display at the [[National Naval Aviation Museum]] in [[Pensacola, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JRC |url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=jrc |website=National Naval Aviation Museum |access-date=14 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801204900/http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=jrc |archive-date=1 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna UC-78B Bobcat, s/n 43-7995 USAAF, c/n 5515, c/r N63426 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=64042 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 43-31765 – UC-78 at the [[Military Aviation Museum]] in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78 Bobcat |url=http://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/cessna-uc-78-bobcat |website=Military Aviation Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 43-31917 – UC-78B under restoration at the [[Mid-Atlantic Air Museum]] in [[Reading, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Restoration Projects |url=http://www.maam.org/rest_proj.htm |website=Mid-Atlantic Air Museum |access-date=14 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209165951/https://www.maam.org/rest_proj.htm |archive-date=9 December 2022 |date=22 March 2012}}</ref>
* 43-32549 – UC-78A airworthy at the [[National WASP WWII Museum]] at [[Avenger Field]] in [[Sweetwater, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aircraft |url=http://www.waspmuseum.org/aircraft |website=National WASP WWII Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N66671] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N66671 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna UC-78A Bobcat, s/n 43-32549 USAAF, c/n 6487, c/r N66671 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=4887 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
* 43-32578 – UC-78B airworthy with the Jayhawk Wing of the [[Commemorative Air Force]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UC-78 |url=http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/aircraft/76 |website=Commemorative Air Force |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N44795] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N44795 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna UC-78B Bobcat, s/n 43-32578 USAAF, c/n 6516, c/r N44795 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3614 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
* 43-81935 – UC-78B in storage at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Collection |url=http://www.maam.org/aircraft-2 |website=Mid-Atlantic Air Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 3696 – JRC-1 airworthy at the [[American Heritage Museum]] in [[Stow, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78 Bobcat |url=http://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/cessna-uc-78-bobcat |website=American Heritage Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N6HS] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N6HS |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* 64469 – JRC-1 in storage at the [[Yanks Air Museum]] in [[Chino, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessna UC-78 Bobcat |url=http://www.yanksair.org/exhibition/cessna-uc-78-bobcat |website=Yanks Air Museum |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N46617] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N46617 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Cessna JRC-1 Bobcat, s/n 64469 USN, c/n 5193, c/r N46617 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12417 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
* c/n 4629 – T-50 in storage at the [[Alaska Aviation Museum]] in [[Anchorage, Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flightline |url=http://www.alaskaairmuseum.org/explore/flightline.htm |website=Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum |access-date=14 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116104037/http://www.alaskaairmuseum.org/explore/flightline.htm |archive-date=16 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N30023] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N30023 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>
* c/n 6184 – T-50 at the [[Airpower Museum (Antique Airfield)|Airpower Museum]] in [[Ottumwa, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N64410] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N64410 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>

==Specifications (AT-17)==
[[File:Cessna AT-17 Bobcat 3-view line drawing.png|frameless|right|3-view line drawing of the Cessna AT-17 Bobcat]]

{{Aircraft specs
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|prime units?=imp
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|crew=pilot + four
|length m=9.98
|span m=12.78
|height m=3.02
|wing area sqft=295
|empty weight lb=3,500
|gross weight lb=5,700
|max takeoff weight lb=6,062
<!--Powerplant -->
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=[[Jacobs R-755|Jacobs R-755-9]]
|eng1 type= seven-cylinder, air-cooled, [[radial engine|radial piston engine]]
|eng1 hp=245
<!--Performance-->
|max speed mph=195
|cruise speed mph=175
|stall speed mph=63-66
|range miles=750
|ceiling ft=22000
|climb rate ftmin=1150
|more performance=<br> 
*'''Take-off run:''' {{cvt|650|ft}} to {{cvt|50|ft}}<ref group=note name=gwt>At a gross weight of {{cvt|5200|lb}}</ref>
* '''Landing run:''' {{cvt|1400|ft}} from {{cvt|50|ft}} with a {{cvt|90|mph}} approach speed<ref group=note name=gwt/>
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Aviation}}
{{aircontent|
|related=
|similar aircraft=
*[[Airspeed Oxford]]<!--7 seats-->
*[[Avro Anson]]
*[[Caproni Ca.313]]
*[[Farman F.430]]<!--5 seats-->
*[[Potez 56]]<!--8 seats-->
*[[Siebel Si 204]]<!--8 seats-->
*[[Tachikawa Ki-54]]<!--8 seats-->
|lists=
*[[List of aircraft of World War II]]
*[[List of aircraft of Canada's air forces]]
*[[List of aircraft of the United States during World War II]]
*[[List of military aircraft of the United States]]
|see also=
}}

==References==
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===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=note}}
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
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