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Most Produced Aircrafts

Posted by Hany on 6:51 PM
  1. Cessna 172 - Made in United States - More than 43,000 Planes till now - Still in production. Was also built under license in France (The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft)
    Military operators
    A variant of the 172, the T-41 Mescalero is used as a trainer with the United States Air Force and Army. Due to its high-wing design, stability at low airspeeds and relatively low stall speed, the 172 is used for search operations and is the primary platform for the Civil Air Patrol's operations. In addition, the United States Border Patrol uses a fleet of 172s for aerial surveillance along the Mexican-American border.
  2. Polikarpov - Made In Soviet Union - More than 40,000 planes til 1959 - Most produced biplane
    The Polikarpov U-2 or Po-2 served as a general-purpose Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik , NATO reporting name of "Mule". The reliable, uncomplicated and forgiving aircraft served as a trainer and crop-duster. It is the second most produced aircraft, and the most produced biplane, in the history of aviation.
  3. Ilyushin Il-2 - Made In Soviet Union - More than 36,183 planes till 1945 - Most produced combat aircraft.
    The Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik (Russian: Ил-2 Штурмовик) was a ground attack aircraft in the Second World War, produced by the Soviet Union in very large numbers. In combination with its successor, the Ilyushin Il-10, a total of 42,330 were built, making it the single most produced military aircraft design in all of aviation history, as well as one of the most produced piloted aircraft in history along with the Cessna 172 and the Polikarpov Po-2. It was a prominent aircraft for tank killing with its accuracy in dive bombing and its 37mm guns penetrating their thin back armor.
  4. Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Made in German - More than 35,000 Plane till 56 - Most produced fighter. Also made under license in Romania, Spain, Czechoslovakia, and Switzerland.
    was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear. Having gone through its baptism of fire in the Spanish Civil War, the Bf 109 was still in service at the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War II, during which it was the backbone of the German Luftwaffe fighter force. An inverted Vee-piston engined fighter, the Bf 109 was supplemented, but never completely replaced in service, by the radial engined Focke-Wulf Fw 190 from the end of 1941.
  5. Piper Cherokee - Made in United States - More than 32,778 plane till now.
    is a family of light aircraft designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use, built by Piper Aircraft. All members of the PA-28 family are all-metal, unpressurized, four-seat, single-engine piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear. All PA-28 aircraft have a single door on the co-pilot side, which is entered by stepping on the wing.

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