Cessna 172
Performance
- Maximum speed (At sea level) : 228 km/h ( 123 knots / 142 mph)
- Never Exceed speed: 160 knots
- Range: 1,272 km (687 nm) (Cruise 60% power at 3,040 m (10,000 ft)
- Service ceiling: 4,115 m (13,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 219 m/min (720 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 68.8 kg/m2 (14.1 lb/ft2)
- Power/mass: 6.9 kg/hp (15.3 lb/hp)
History
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane. Probably the most popular flight training aircraft in the world, the first production models were delivered in 1957, and it is still in production in 2005; more than 35,000 have been built.