Brand New Cessna Skyhawks Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Two of the five Cessna 172S Skyhawks that spent the night on the Cape Aviation Ramp...waiting out the weather.

Purchased by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the Skyhawks are fresh from the Cessna Factory in Independence, Kansas, and are being flown by the school's instructors to their base in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Embry-Riddle has purchased 42 of the training aircraft, with an expected delivery of 22 this year and the remaining 20 next year. The school offers instruction, all the way from basic flight training, up through, and inducing ATP-Airline Transport Certification.

They also have a full-motion simulator, awaiting FAA certification.

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