The duo had managed to fly their own Cessna 172 for a full 50 days, landing on September 21 1958. ... as well as the fuel gauge for the belly tank and the crucial winch.

The Cessna 172 was the airplane of a lifetime for many pilots. ... electronic engine gauges and much more. ... You can fly with two big guys with full fuel or three big guys with some fuel left off.

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The Cessna 172 is much thinner, at .32 gauge or around 1/16 of an inch of aluminum. ... For example, to seal a fuel tank, a worker places beads of sticky sealant through holes in the wing upside down, ...

Part of that money went towards purchasing a then-relatively-new Cessna 172 single-engine propeller airplane which has, ... the pump for transferring fuel, the landing lights, the fuel gauge, ...

This 1980 Cessna 172 RG has 2,500 hours on the airframe, 2,500 hours since new on its Lycoming O-360 engine, and 1,000 hours since overhaul on its two-blade McCauley propeller.

The FAA said the pilot of a single-engine Cessna 172 reported a bullet hole in the gas tank. The co-owner of the plane, Dominic Scalera, told WCVB he found one bullet in the fuel tank.