The $250,000 Hole in Every New Cessna — And It Has Nothing to Do with the Airplane

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The $250,000 Hole in Every New Cessna — And It Has Nothing to Do with the Airplane A new 2024 Cessna 172S starts at $400,000. Adjusted for inflation, the 1979 version of the same airplane costs $145,000 to $150,000 in today's dollars. The airframe architecture is unchanged since the 1960s. The engi