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Cessna 172 Skyhawk
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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

  • C-172A N7481T at Anderson, Indiana, USA

    A 1960 Cessna 172A

  • Cessna172Skyhawk1957model01

    Early Cessna 172s, like this 1957 model, had a "fastback" rear cabin with no rear window and featured a "square" fin design.

  • Timm-Cook Cessna 172 LV NV

    The record-setting 1958-built Cessna 172

  • VH-MHS

    1956 Cessna 172, Toowoomba, Australia, 2010

  • Cessna 172B N7706X

    Cessna 172B

  • 1963-Cessna-172D

    1963 Cessna 172D

  • Cessna172F

    1964 Cessna 172F

  • Cessna.f172g.g-bgmp.arp

    1966 Cessna F172G

  • Cessna172I

    The 1968-built Cessna 172I introduced the Lycoming O-320-E2D engine of 150 hp (112 kW).

  • 1968-Cessna-172K

    1969 model-year Cessna 172K, built in 1968

  • Cessna.172.arp.750pix

    1971 Cessna 172L at Kemble Airfield, England, 2003

  • Cessna 172 C-GDQG

    1977 Cessna 172M

  • 1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk (G-BNKD) lands at Bristol Airport 14May2019 arp

    1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk in 2019

  • 1983 Cessna 172P N65842 (4428978758)

    Cessna 172P

  • Cessna 172S Skyhawk at Bristol Airport (England) 23Aug2014 arp

    Cessna 172S Skyhawk

  • Reims F172RG Cutlass RG II CS-DAG Aeroplano low pass

    Cessna 172RG Cutlass

  • CessnaR172HawkXPC-GZHR

    1977 Cessna R172K Hawk XP

  • CessnaR172KHawkXPC-GMNNonWiplineAmphibFloats

    1977 model R172K Hawk XP on Wipline amphibious floats

  • 208 Cessna FR.172H Skyhawk 2 Wing 204 Sqdn; Irish Air Corps, Baldonnell (3236388203)

    Irish Air Corps Reims FR.172H Rocket

  • Iraqi Air Force C-172

    Iraqi Air Force Cessna 172 lands at Kirkuk Air Base

  • Cessna 172 D-ECJB of Mathias Rust

    Mathias Rust's Cessna F172P, used in his flight from Helsinki to Moscow, on display at the German Museum of Technology, Berlin

  • GLFC9

    Cessna 172R instrument panel

See also

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