Sat, Sep 24, 2011
Adds Flight Training Schools To Cessna Pilot Center
Network
Cessna Aircraft Company said Thursday at the AOPA Aviation
Summit in Hartford that it has surpassed 100 deliveries of the
Model 162 Skycatcher light sport aircraft. The milestone 100th
aircraft was delivered to Sporty’s Pilot Shop this summer and
will be given away in Sporty’s annual drawing early next
year. Cessna began deliveries of the Skycatcher in December 2009
and has received orders for more than 1,000 of the aircraft.
A new addition to the Skycatcher is the McCauley designed and
delivered first production ASTM certified 1L100 fixed-pitch
composite propeller. This all-composite two-blade, fixed-pitch
propeller was made specifically for the Skycatcher’s
Continental Motors O-200D engine. The composite propeller became
standard equipment on the Skycatcher beginning with serial number
108, and it will be offered to existing Model 162 owners for
retrofit.
“Fitting the Skycatcher with the new composite prop is
truly a benefit to the airplane and the pilot,” said Tracy
Leopold, Cessna Skycatcher business leader. “The single piece
design gives it great strength and is a little over 14 pounds
lighter than the aluminum propeller used on the
Skycatcher.”
Designed as a low-cost flight trainer, Skycatchers have been
delivered to many Cessna Pilot Centers around the U.S. and
international deliveries began this year. In March, King Schools
released its Flying the Skycatcher DVD training program, the
official pilot transition course used in Cessna Pilot Centers
worldwide.
And speaking of flight schools, the company also announced
Thursday that it has added five flight training organizations to
its global network of more than 250 Cessna Pilot Centers.
The newest members of the CPC network are:
- Colt Aviation, Big Rapids, MI.
- Flugsportgruppe Zuercher Oberland (FZGO), Feharltorf,
Switzerland
- MERA Inc., dba Benz Aviation, Grand Haven, MI.
- Middle River Aviation, Baltimore, MD.
- Island Air Express, Panama City, FL.
CPCs are flight training affiliates that use the new Cessna
Flight Training System and Cessna aircraft and offer customers an
array of services including flight training.
“With the recent release of our online Cessna Instrument
Pilot Course, Cessna Pilot Centers offer a truly integrated
approach to training. We invite the highest quality additions to
our CPC network as part of our ongoing effort to make flying more
accessible and to re-energize pilot training,” said Julie
Filucci, manager, Cessna Pilot Centers for Cessna.
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