The new baby Cessna officially announced

[Cessnaflyer 56]

The Cessna 162 'Skycatcher'. They couldn't come up with a dumber name but I guess it will work.http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

[AWACS 12]

Any spec sheets on this yet?Jeff

[Cessnaflyer 56]

Here you gohttp://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/images/lsa_s%26d_booklet.pdf

[Guest christianholmes]

I assume it's an LSA?Yuck, I think it's fugly. I bet it won't be peanuts either- probably $130,000 or more.

[RFields5421 1]

The price is in one of the links on the page - $109,500 for the first $111,500 after - of course subject to optional equipment and inflationary adjustments.Remember this is a Light Sport Aircraft for VFR only.

[AWACS 12]

Way too overpriced, with a whopping 100 horses and a 118kt top speed, I can't imagine what makes this aircraft so expensive, hopefully it's not those boring new avionics . Check out the homebuilts at Vans, you get so much more airplane for so much less.Jeff

[lcseale53 0]

Think in market terms - ready to fly, certified, easier to finance, less to insure, easy transition, no medical required (subject to the LSA regs.)Then think resale - all the same reasons.By the way, I feed two Continentals; one at 85 horses and the other at 300. Guess which one sees more air time. $4.50 -$5.00 avgas at 15-16 gph vs 4-5 gph of autogas has its value too.And if the feds have their way with user fees and other taxes, light and simple offers more value still.Leon

[dfish 1]

It looks like a nice home-built kit only 4 times as much.Dave FisherCYYZP4 Prescott 3.2e 478p 800mhz 1mg CPUP4P800SE Asus Motherboard2.5 gig PC3200 DDR RAM 400MHZGeForce 7600GT/512 OC'dMaxtor 80 Gig ATA 133 HD x2WDC WD800 80 Gig HDAntec 500watt true powerSharp 19 inch LCD MonitorLogitech Extreme 3D pro Joystickhttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpg