Cessna 172N Skyhawk Model Airplane

Item#: FD9-1087

Wing Span: 16.53"
Length: 12.22"

Manufacturer: Cessna

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I am more than satisfied with both the excellent customer service (especially the outstanding two-way communication) and with the quality of the model you created for me. Once you shipped it, I was able to track the package and knew exactly when it would show up on my doorstep. And the way it was packaged was more than sufficient to keep both the airplane and the stand from being damaged. The model is beautiful.

I would gladly recommend your service to another person. Thank you once again for a job well done.

Barbara A. McClurkin
Norman, OK

Factory Direct Models, the world leading manufacturer of Model Aircraft, brings to you this Cessna 172N Skyhawk Airplane. This Cessna 172N Skyhawk Model Airplane was hand crafted using the finest Philippine Mahogany and sealed to last for generations. Working with our blueprints and library of reference material as well as the Customer's photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans created this famous airplane into an amazing one of a kind detailed display model.

This Cessna 172N Skyhawk Airplane Model comes with a detachable stand a personalized inscription plaque and a laminated Cessna Logo that adds beauty to this collectible masterpiece.

Cessna 172N Skyhawk History:

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft.

More Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft. It is probably the most popular flight training aircraft in the world.

Measured by its longevity and popularity, the Cessna 172 is the most successful mass produced light aircraft in history. The first production models were delivered in 1956 and they are still in production as of 2008; more than 43,000 have been built. The Skyhawk's main competitors have been the Beechcraft Musketeer and Grumman AA-5 series (neither in production), the Piper Cherokee and, more recently, the Diamond DA40.

The Cessna 172 started life as a tricycle landing gear variant of the taildragger Cessna 170, with a basic level of standard equipment. The first flight of the prototype was in November 1955. The 172 became an overnight sales success and over 1400 were built in 1956, its first full year of production.

Early 172s were similar in appearance to the 170, with the same straight aft fuselage and tall gear legs, although the 172 had a straight vertical tail while the 170 had a rounded fin and rudder. Later 172 versions incorporated revised landing gear and the sweptback tail which is still in use today.The final aesthetic development in the mid-1960s, was a lowered rear deck that allowed an aft window. Cessna advertised this added rear visibility as "Omni-Vision" . This airframe configuration has remained almost unchanged since then, except for updates in avionics and engines, including the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit in 2005. Production had been halted in the mid-1980s, but was resumed in 1996 with the 160 hp (120 kW) Cessna 172R Skyhawk and was supplemented in 1998 by the 180 hp (135 kW) Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP.