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........Dragonfly Aviation's offers two basic type of Cessna aircraft available for rent or instruction.
Cessna 152 -
The Cessna 152 is a two-seat, high-wing, basic trainer. Dragonfly Aviation currently has a Cessna 152. This airplane is perfect for any beginning pilot!
Cessna 172 -
The Cessna 172 is a four-seat, high-wing, basic trainer. Dragonfly Aviation currently has a Cessna 172. This is a great airplane to begin your training and keep cost to a minimum!
Cessna 172SP -
Our Cessna 172SPs are brand new from the Cessna factory. They seat four people comfortably in beautiful leather upholstery, and are equipped with state-of-the-art avionics and instrumentation. They even have certified GPSs and auto-pilots to make your flight a breeze.
Jon Thomson, the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 124 Newsletter Editor, recently wrote the following article for the June E.A.A. newsletter -
"Ahhh, That New Car Smell...
As an airplane "renter" but who wants to be an airplane
"owner" (if I can only figure out a way to live with zero sleep, work
four jobs, and not alienate my wife and son while doing so), it is not very
often that I am awed by an aircraft. But recently I had the opportunity to fly
one of Dragonfly Aviation's brand new Cessna 172SPs. Wow, what a ride!
The first thing that hit me, besides the immaculate exterior paint job, was the aroma of new leather. It smelled better than a new car! And this plane is amazingly well equipped. The avionics stack alone is enough to make you drool. It has two digital NAVS and two digital COMS, each with standby frequency selectors, a digital ADF, a digital transponder, an approved GPS, and a full-blown 3-axis autopilot that is linked to everything. You can set it to either follow the heading "bug", the GPS, or follow a radial.
This plane also had such niceties as electric trim, a 4-place intercom which will even equalize everyone's headsets regardless of make and model, a state-of-the-art instrument panel that looks as if it were actually designed to be in an airplane instead of a Studebaker, and an interior lighting system that is, for the first time, more help than hindrance.
During takeoff I noticed one thing... this plane performs! That fuel-injected, 180-horse Lycoming is fresh and it shows it. I had just turned on crosswind and I was already above pattern altitude. Is this really a Cessna? It doesn't fly like any Cessna I have ever flown. This one actually performs like the P.O.H. says it will. Pull the throttle back to 2500 rpms, adjust the electric trim, and I'm cruisin'. Man, I want one of these! This is a cross-country dream. Hit a few buttons and turn a few knobs, and I'm on autopilot flying direct to my destination via the GPS. This is living!
This airplane was extremely comfortable, quiet, and easy to fly. The bad news about this plane? It's not mine and I had to return it. The good news? It's not mine and I had to return it so that you can fly it. And if you have never flown a brand new, fresh-out-of-the-factory aircraft, I highly recommend it! It's livin'!"
Cessna Cutlass 172RG -
Our Cessna 172RG is instrument equipped and has retractable gear, constant speed propeller, 180 HP, this airplane has just been re-upholstered and is perfect for commercial training or burning a bit of time off that x-country trip you have planned!
For more information and photos of our aircraft, please click on your selection to the left.