Cessna 152

what is it?

The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed-tricycle-gear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use. It was based on the earlier Cessna 150 incorporating a number of minor design changes and a slightly more powerful engine with a longer time between overhaul. The Cessna 152 has been out of production since 1985, but many are still airworthy and are in regular use for flight training.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 203 km/htop speed
• size 758 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7,584made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1977

number built

7,584

role

basic trainer,, ga private aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Lycoming O-235-L2C

length

7.3 m

wingspan

10.2 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

758 kg

top speed

203 km/h

cruise speed

198 km/h

range

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ceiling

4,481 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.