October 2004
For the pilot and passengers, the Cessna 175 Skylark may have been the quietest Cessna ever made. Maybe the quietest non-pressurized single ever.
But after a few years, potential customers decided that for the premium they were paying, the noise in a 172 wasn’t all that bad. There are a couple of problems with propellers that are as old as the airplane itself. Noise and vibration.
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