Cessna delivered its 100th 162 Skycatcher, which will be the 2012 Sporty's Sweepstakes prize for a customer at their annual fly-in next May.
This is the second consecutive year a Cessna 162 serves as the grand prize for Sporty's Sweepstakes, which has awarded 34 new airplanes over nearly 30 years.
The two-place LSA features a maximum speed of 118 knots, a 400 nm range, and is equipped with Garmin's dual-screen G300 avionics package.
Cessna has delivered its 100th 162 Skycatcher to Sporty’s. The airplane is the 2012 Sporty’s Sweepstakes prize and will be delivered to a Sporty’s Pilot Shop customer at the company’s annual fly-in next May.
“We are thrilled that Cessna reserved this milestone Skycatcher for Sporty’s Sweepstakes,” says Sporty’s president and CEO Michael Wolf.
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Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.
