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Your classroom in the sky will
be either the Cessna Skyhawk, or the Cessna Skycatcher.
Both are a joy to fly – The Skyhawk is in fact, the most popular airplane
ever made. You'll have several at your disposal for rental during,
and after, your training.
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The
Skyhawk can comfortably carry a pilot and 3 passengers. It has an estimated
cruise speed of up to 140 mph, thanks to a 180-hp engine. It
has an endurance up to 4 hours plus the necessary reserves.
It's 27 feet long, more than 8 feet tall, weighs 2,500 pounds
fully loaded, and has a wingspan of 36 feet.
On the inside, the Skyhawk
offers a 360-degree view out of its tinted windows. A full
complement of communication and state-of-the-art navigation radios allows
a properly trained pilot to fly trips in nearly all kinds
of weather, at any time of day.
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The Cessna Skycatcher is a smaller, more economical airplane. It utilizes an all-glass Garmin G300 avionics package.
And it can provide a great foundation of learning to any pilot with aspirations of moving on to the higher performance aircraft, that feature the Garmin G1000 cockpit systems -- from the Skyhawk all the way up to the Corvalis TT.
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The
Skycatcher can carry a pilot and 1 passenger. It has an estimated
cruise speed of up to 135 mph. With its 100-hp engine, it is a bit more frugal in its gasoline consumption than a Cessna-172. It uses about 5 to 7 gallons per hour.
The Skycatcher
has an endurance of about 3 hours plus the necessary reserves.
It weighs 1,320 pounds
fully loaded, and has a wingspan of 30 feet.
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