What is the difference between basic weight and standard weight?


What is the difference between basic weight and standard weight? In this article, we'll explain every type of weight that you need to know. Here's a brief overview: Standard Empty Weight: The airframe, engines, and all fixed operating equipment. Basic Empty Weight (BEW): Includes the airplane, optional equipment, unusable fuel, and all operating fluids.


Why did Cessna stop making the 172?

Cessna also built 172s in France when it acquired an interest in Reims Aviation in 1960, stopped production entirely in 1986 due to the high cost of liability, and resumed production in Independence, Kansas, 10 years later, after the General Aviation Revitalization Act became law.


Can a Cessna 172 fly across the Atlantic?

Watch the timelapse of all the highlights from the ferry flight adventure across the Atlantic Ocean in the Cessna 172. Throughout their journey they landed at 14 different airports, overflew 6 different countries, crossed the Atlantic and covered over 4300 nautical miles to bring home the two new Cessna 172's.


Is it legal to fly a Cessna 172 without a flight manual on board?

THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK MUST BE CARRIED IN THE AIRPLANE AND AVAILABLE TO THE PILOT AT ALL TIMES.