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Cessna 172 Skyhawk

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Cessna 172 Skyhawk

The most produced aircraft in aviation history/Aircraft

With more than 44,000 units built since 1956, the Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history and the backbone of flight training worldwide. Almost every private pilot alive learned to fly in one. It is the Honda Civic of the sky: unglamorous, affordable, and so forgiving of student mistakes that it practically flies itself.

Measurements

Wingspan11 m
7.1 tenthsSubway cars
5.42King size beds
2 quadrillionCarbon nuclei
Overall length8.28 m
4.08Door heights
828Tooth lengths
6.9Ski pole lengths
Empty mass767 kg
307 millionMosquito weights
5.5 tenthsHonda Civics
Cruise speed63 m/s
9.4Cyclists
4.04Charging grizzly bears
1.8 tenthsSpeeds of sound

About 226 km/h

Range1.3 million m
234,364Giraffes
8.4 quadrillionDiamond bond lengths
257,800Bamboo pole lengths

1,289 km

Service ceiling4,267 m
42.7 trillionX-ray wavelengths
467RV lengths
142Lighthouse heights

14,000 feet

Height2.72 m
5.23Human forearms
1.26Shaquille O'Neals
17.4Dollar bills
Fuel capacity2.1 tenths m³
3.03Human body volumes
53 sextillionRibosome interiors
4.2 millionRaindrops

212 liters (56 US gallons)

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