The Continental O-300 and the C145 are a family of air-cooled flat-6 aircraft piston engines built by Teledyne Continental Motors.
Rolls-Royce Continental O-300 on display at the Solent Sky museum, England.
Continental O-300 engine installation in a Cessna 172
Cessna 175 showing the cowling bulge behind the propeller hub created by the GO-300 reduction gearbox
The Cessna 175 is a light four-seat, single-engine, fixed wing aircraft produced by Cessna between 1958 and 1962. A deluxe model known as the Skylark was introduced in 1959 for the 1960 model year. Th
Continental O-300
…The GO-300 engine suffered reliability problems as a result of pilots mishandling the engine and operating it at too low an engine rpm. This caused the Cessna Skylark to develop a poor reputation for engine reliability. Many Skylarks flying today have been converted to different, larger-displacement, direct-drive…
Cessna 175 taxiing at Frederick Municipal Airport, Maryland, USA
Cessna 175A Skylark at Rockcliffe Airport, Ontario, 2004