Cessna 172R is a single-engine, high winged aircraft that is very popular as a training aircraft worldwide. OSM Aviation Academy acquired its first Cessna 172R G1000 during 2005, and today all the conventional Cessna 172R in the fleet have been replaced by the more modern G1000 version.

The student operates this so-called “glass cockpit” equipped airplane, rather than airplanes with conventional instruments, from the very first flight. As airplanes with “glass cockpits” are growing in numbers in the airline industry.

The Diamond DA42 is the type of airplane used by OSMAA for the multi-engine training and the final phases of instrument training. This modern light twin is, just like our Cessna 172Rs, equipped with the G1000 “glass cockpit” instead of conventional instruments. OSM Aviation Academy started operating the DA42 during the spring of 2013, as the type replaced the previous OSMAA multi-engine training aircraft Beechcraft BE76 “Duchess”.

The change was made both in order for the OSMAA students to experience a more technologically advanced airplane during training and to reduce the environmental impact of flight training.