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Cessna 152, History
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, including
a number of minor design changes and a slightly more powerful engine running on 100LL
aviation gasoline.
First delivered in 1977 as the 1978 model year, the 152 was a modernization of the proven
Cessna 150 design. The 152 was intended to compete with the new Beechcraft Skipper and
Piper Tomahawk, both of which were introduced the same year. Additional design goals were
to improve useful load through a gross weight increase to 1670lbs (757kg), decrease internal
and external noise levels and run better on the then newly introduced 100LL fuel.
As with the 150, the great majority of 152s were built at the Cessna factory in Wichita, Kansas.
A number of aircraft were also built by Reims Aviation of France and given the designation
F152/FA152.
Production of the 152 was ended in 1985 when Cessna ended production of all of their light
aircraft; by that time, a total of 7,584 examples of the 152, including A152 and FA152 Aerobat
aerobatic variants, had been built worldwide.