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Cessna 172M
Role	Civil utility aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Cessna Aircraft Company
Introduction	1956
Number built	43,000+
Unit cost	172 US$8,700 (1956) 172R US$$274,900 (2012) 172S US$307,500 (2012)
Developed from	Cessna 170
Variants	T-41 Mescalero

The Cessna 172 is one of the best-selling single engine airplanes in the world. Over 43,000 of them have been made. It is made by Cessna Aircraft Company. It can carry 4 people including the pilot. From 1956 until 1967 it had a Continental six-cylinder piston engine. Beginning in 1968, the 172 was powered by a Lycoming four-cylinder piston engine.

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Images for kids

A 1960 Cessna 172A
Early Cessna 172s, like this 1957 model, had a "fastback" rear cabin with no rear window and featured a "square" fin design.
The record-setting 1958-built Cessna 172
1956 Cessna 172, Toowoomba, Australia, 2010
Cessna 172B
1963 Cessna 172D
1964 Cessna 172F
1966 Cessna F172G
The 1968-built Cessna 172I introduced the Lycoming O-320-E2D engine of 150 hp (112 kW).
1969 model-year Cessna 172K, built in 1968
1971 Cessna 172L at Kemble Airfield, England, 2003
1977 Cessna 172M
1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk in 2019
Cessna 172P
Cessna 172S Skyhawk
Cessna 172RG Cutlass
1977 Cessna R172K Hawk XP
1977 model R172K Hawk XP on Wipline amphibious floats
Irish Air Corps Reims FR.172H Rocket
Iraqi Air Force Cessna 172 lands at Kirkuk Air Base
Mathias Rust's Cessna F172P, used in his flight from Helsinki to Moscow, on display at the German Museum of Technology, Berlin
Cessna 172R instrument panel

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