Cessna 310 - Innovations & Headache! Historical Review and Specs 

I've always been in love with the 310. I always thought the short nose, 3-bladed models with the up-canted tip tanks, were the best proportioned twins and are sooo easy on the eyes - I could just look and admire them all day. I was lucky to work on a few, my favorite was a 310Q that I worked on as a boutique A&P for a particular great guy. Gary had just had it finished with what I thought was the most striking paint job I had ever seen - the basic white, but instead of the usual striped colors, he had it done with a gorgeous dark, dark, deep blue single thick strip, accented with the same blue and also gold pin striping - just beautiful and eye catching. Of course, he also had the interior done with light blue-gray leather, and a sensible instrument panel update; he was quite proud of the Shadin fuel flow meter, then new, which helps date this beut to around 25 years ago. The engine bays weren't up to the presentation standards of the exterior, so I had the very much fun project of pretty much removing everything except the engines, deep cleaned the bays, removed most of the accessories and cleaned and repainted everything gold - including the cylinders and crankcase. All the hard lines were either replaced or removed, polished and/or painted. All the wiring was redone, new blue ignition harnesses were installed, and all of the old and crusty baffling fabric was torn out and was replaced with new, basic blue rubber impregnated fabric. All of the sheet metal baffles were removed, and I either repaired them or bent new poeces of sheet metal, and then I either riveted or screwed the rubber baffling back on. I restored WWII aircraft at the time as my full time job, so this was my mini Cessna restoration:). Surprisingly - or maybe not - everything was so snug with no leaks for the cooling air, there was a measureable drop in CHTs, which was pretty cool. By the time we finished, it was a very clean looking aircraft. Got quite a bit of side job work from that tremendously enjoyable operation. Wonder where she's at now. It was such a joy to have spent all those long nights working on an airplane I truly loved. Owning a 310 fo myself is something I really need to get crackin' on. Such a rakish design, Cessna really did a great job with that airframe. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories.

SKY KING......I grew up watching this tv show.....the Cessna 310 is my all time favorite plane

This one of the Best piston Twin that Cessna Manufactured ever made and I’ve flown in one and as said the cost of owning one now in todays market is so very expensive .

We had a 1955 C310 when I was growing up, flew it for just over 10 years. Ironically, the last airplane we owned was a 1969 310P, flew that for over 15 years. These are great airplanes, our fav of course. We also had a B55 Baron and an F35 Bonanza. Thanks for posting

My Dad flew N8006M 1964 Cessna310i pictured at the 4:43 min mark in this video from NEW in 64 until Fall 1969 as owned by Roswell Park, Buffalo NY! Many-MANY Happy Memories and Flight Hours in that 310... My NY License Plate Number for one of my vehicles is "N8006M" ';-)

The Lear Jet of piston twins.The 1972 to 1974 where the best looking models made and the last of the short nose 310.So much more room then a Baron.

Two 👍👍 Up !!

Stelio Frati initial design ?

220 knots cruise, you're dreaming.

They act like wing tip fences.

Nice but your mic seems a bit to baritone...