Textron Aviation announced the delivery of four new Cessna\n172S Skyhawk flight trainer aircraft to the Philippine Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cessna 172S Skyhawk is the world\u2019s leading flight\ntrainer and the most-produced single-engine piston aircraft. It delivers an\nintuitive but sophisticated cockpit experience in a platform ideally suited for\nlearning the skills needed to become a true pilot in command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Cessna Skyhawk continues to be the Philippine Navy\u2019s\naircraft of choice for flight training,\u201d said Bob Gibbs, vice president,\nSpecial Mission Sales for Textron Aviation. \u201cCustomer faith in our legendary\nproducts and trust in our company and our team are at the core of our relationship\nwith military training academies worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With simple flight characteristics, great visibility and a\nsophisticated glass cockpit outfitted with GARMIN G1000 NXi avionics, the\nCessna 172S Skyhawk piston boasts a slow landing speed and a lenient stall,\nideally suited for student pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Philippine Navy acquired the four aircraft via a Foreign\nMilitary Sale managed by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). This sale\ncontributes to U.S. security and foreign policy goals by building the\nPhilippines\u2019 maritime domain security capacity and deepening our overall\nstrategic partnership with the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four Cessna 172S Skyhawks join an existing fleet of\nCessna 172 training aircraft with the Naval Air Wing at Sangley Point, Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Endless Special Missions Possibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When government, military and commercial customers want\nairborne solutions for critical missions, they turn to Textron Aviation. The\ncompany\u2019s aviation solutions provide the high performance and flight characteristics\nrequired to address the unique challenges of special mission operations. With\nunparalleled quality, versatility and low operating costs, Textron Aviation\nproducts are preferred for air ambulance, ISR, utility transport, aerial\nsurvey, flight inspection, training and a number of other special operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Textron Aviation announced the delivery of four new Cessna 172S Skyhawk flight trainer aircraft to the Philippine Navy. The Cessna 172S Skyhawk is the world\u2019s leading flight trainer and the most-produced single-engine piston aircraft. It delivers an intuitive but sophisticated cockpit experience in a platform ideally suited for learning the skills needed to become a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/172-for-Phillipines-Navy-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21028,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21026\/revisions\/21028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}