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          Introduced
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            Cessna 170 was a stretched Model 140 to make room for four. 
            Then, in 1956, Cessna changed the 170 to a tricycle
            landing gear configuration re-designating the aircraft the 172.  A deluxe version was named the
            Skyhawk. By the time production of the 172 ceased in the mid
            1980s over 30,000 of the series had been built making it the most widely produced light aircraft in
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                | Model 170:  Cessna model number |  
                | Model 172:  170 with tricycle landing
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                | T-41:  U.S. Air Force trainer (named Mescalero) |  
             
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             Stuff
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                Cap: 
            Embroidered logo | 
          
             
 
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                Necklace: 
            Cessna 172 
            14kt gold | 
               
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