When viewed side by side, the parts commonality between the T-37 and 407 mock-up becomes evident. [Courtesy: Cessna] There was some precedent for this new category of aircraft. Just seven months ...

many of which flew the T-37 like the USAF. It was a sad end to what in retrospect seems like a somewhat promising aircraft design. Strangely enough, the 526 was not the first time Cessna eyed ...

The A-37 is arguably the “purest” military aircraft to roll off Cessna’s assembly lines, in the sense that the jet was derived from a military-specific jet-trainer, the T-37 Tweet.