Cessna 152 - Hangelar, NRW, Germany
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N 50° 46.056 E 007° 09.546
32U E 370185 N 5625597
Reims-Cessna F152D as an exhibit at Bonn-Hangelar airfield
Waymark Code: WMYJM8
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 06/21/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
Views: 4

In front of a flight school in Sankt Augustin-Hangelar stands a decommissioned Cessna 152D as an exhibit.

The Cessna 152 is a popular two-seater, braced shoulder-wing aircraft from the aircraft manufacturer Cessna with a rigid three-leg landing gear. The light aircraft were specially developed for training purposes.
Production of the 152 was ended in 1985 when Cessna ended production of all of their light aircraft; by that time, a total of 7,584 examples of the 152.

General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 24 ft 1 in (7.3 m)
  • Wingspan: 33 ft 4 in (10.2 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
  • Wing area: 160 ft² (14.9 m²)
  • Empty weight: 1,081 lb (490 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 1,670 lb (757 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-L2C flat-4 engine, 110 hp (82 kW) driving a 69-inch (175 cm), two-blade, fixed-pitch McCauley propeller or a 72-inch, two-blade, fixed-pitch Sensenich propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 126 mph (110 knots, 204 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 123 mph (107 knots, 198 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 49 mph (43 knots, 79 km/h) unpowered, flaps down
  • Takeoff roll: 725 ft (221 m)
  • Range: 477 mi (414 nm, 768 km)
  • Extended range 795 mi (690 nm, 1,280 km) with long-range tanks
  • Service ceiling: 14,700 ft (4,480 m)
  • Rate of climb: 715 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
  • Max. wing loading: 10.44 lb/ft² (51 kg/m²)
  • Minimum power/mass: .066 hp/lb (108 W/kg)

 (Data from Cessna 152 Pilot's Operating Handbook)

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Cessna 152

Tail Number: (S/N): D-EVMO

Construction:: original aircraft

Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): aviation school at Hangelar airport

inside / outside: outside

Access restrictions:
on private property of a aviation school, publicly accessible in the entrance area


Other Information:: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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