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On August 31, 1969, American professional boxer Rocky Marciano was killed when the Cessna 172 in which he was a passenger crashed on approach to an airfield outside Newton, Iowa. [81] On September 25, 1978, a Cessna 172, N7711G, and Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collided over San Diego, California. There were 144 ...
The Cessna 172, used by Robert Timm and John Cook, hanging in Harry Reid International Airport. Robert Timm and John Cook Cessna 172 refueling The aircraft Curtiss Robin "St. Louis" during the record flight July 13–30, 1929, St. Louis, Missouri.
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a scheduled flight on September 25, 1978, by Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), from Sacramento to San Diego , with a stopover at Los Angeles . The aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 727-214 [a] (registration: N533PS), collided mid-air with a private Cessna 172 (light aircraft; N7711G) over San Diego ...
Cessna 172: 1955 43,000 light general aviation aircraft, 4-seat, 145-180 hp Cessna 182: 1956 23,237 light general aviation aircraft, 4-seat, 227-235 hp Cessna 206: 1962 8,509 light general aviation aircraft, 6 seat Cessna 208 Caravan: 1982 2,500 general aviation aircraft/commuter Cessna 408 SkyCourier: 2020 general aviation aircraft/cargo
Number produced Country of origin Production period Notes Start End Cessna 172: C: Utility / trainer: 44,000+ [1] United States: 1956: present Also built in France by Reims Aviation. Ilyushin Il-2: M: Ground-attack: 36,183 Soviet Union: 1941: 1945 Messerschmitt Bf 109: M: Fighter: 34,852 Germany: 1936: 1958 Most-produced fighter and single-seat ...
In 1929, that same pioneering spirit drove a couple of Fort Worth flyers, Reg Robinson and James Kelly, to set a world endurance record for time in the air: 172 hours, 32 minutes. Take that ...
October 16 – A twin-engine Cessna 310 carrying U.S. Representative Nick Begich of Alaska and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana disappeared during a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Juneau, Alaska. An unsuccessful 39-day search was called off on November 24; the aircraft's wreckage and Begich and Boggs' bodies were never found.
Flight records for the plane made by Brazil's Embraer that crashed last week in Kazakhstan are headed to the South American country so the data can be extracted, the Brazilian Air Force said in a ...