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Cessna Skyhawk reaches half a century

Tuesday, 2 May 2006

The Cessna Skyhawk is now 50 years old. The aircraft was created when the Cessna model 170B taildragger added the patented Land-O-Matic tricycle landing gear in 1956. Since then, nearly 40,000 Skyhawks have been produced, making it the highest-volume commercial aeroplane ever made.

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