Cessna delivered its first Model 162 SkyCatcher, a Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA), establishing a new business line and positioning the company as a leader in cost-effective flight training.
The SkyCatcher significantly reduces flight training costs and is complemented by a new interactive, computer-based pilot training system focused on scenario-based learning.
Certified under LSA industry standards, the $110,000 aircraft is produced cost-effectively (assembled in the US from Chinese components), features advanced Garmin G300 avionics, and has over 1,000 units on order.
Just before the new year, Cessna delivered the first Model 162 SkyCatcher to Rose Pelton, the wife of Cessna President and CEO Jack Pelton. Rose planned to use her new 162 to — what else? — learn to fly.
The delivery took place across the field from Cessna at Yingling Aircraft, where the first SkyCatchers will be assembled after coming in from the factory in China.
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