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Provincetown Municipal Airport | Cessna T-50 Bobcat

Advertisement in the New Beacon of 7 September 1949. [Provincetown Public Library / Community History Archive]


Text last updated on 11 March 2017 | The twin-engine, five-seat Bobcat was developed by the Cessna Aircraft Company in 1939. It was the first aircraft to be used extensively, beginning in 1948, on the Provincetown-Boston route operated by the Cape Cod Flying Service and its Provincetown-Boston Airline division. A Bobcat also starred as the first “Songbird” on the early television show, Sky King.


¶ Republished on 5 January 2024.



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