Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Thirty Are Scheduled For Delivery By The End Of The Year
The Skycatcher seems to be catching on. The company says that
production of the 162 Skycatcher has continued to grow through
2010, with the 50th aircraft on its way this week to the U.S.
reassembly facility and more expected to be shipped by the end of
the year. Cessna says it is on target to deliver 30
Skycatchers by the end of the year and more than 150 in 2011.
“We are happy, not only with the increased pace of
deliveries coming from Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, but with the
high level of quality of the aircraft,” said Jack Pelton,
Cessna chairman, president and CEO. “We are getting these
aircraft into operations with individual owners and with flight
schools. The response from our customers has been
excellent.”
The Skycatcher, announced in 2007, is Cessna’s entry in
the popular LSA category. It features the Garmin G300 avionics
suite and a Teledyne Continental O200D engine. Priced at $112,250,
the two-place, single-engine aircraft has a maximum speed of 118
knots with a range of 470 nautical miles. Fabrication and assembly
is centered at Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in Shenyang, China.
Aircraft are shipped to Cessna’s U.S. reassembly site at
Yingling Aviation in Wichita, Kan.
Designed as a low-cost flight trainer, Skycatchers have already
been delivered to several Cessna Pilot Centers around the
country.
Cessna Pilot Centers are independently owned and operated flight
training affiliates that offer Cessna’s proprietary training
curriculum and Cessna aircraft for flight training. There are more
than 280 CPCs in the United States and around the world, providing
customers with an array of services including flight training. The
following five CPCs are now using the 162 Skycatcher in flight
training.
Those CPCs are:
- Downtown Aviation; Memphis, TN
- Eagle Aircraft; Valparaiso, IN
- Kansas Aviation; Wichita, KS
- Panorama Flight Service; White Plains, NY
- Space Coast Aviation; Merritt Island, FL
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