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Originally Posted by LewisM
The AN-2 has the 2nd longest production life in history - 1947 to 2001. 18,000 airframes built, many thousand still in service.
The longest production run in history goes to the C-130 Hercules, from 1954 to present, but with FAR fewer airframes at only 2500.
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Thanks for the photo and background history.
Then there's the venerable Cessna 172.
In production for 61 years, only three short of the C-130, still in production
today and over 40,000 airframes built, more than any other aircraft in history.
The Cessna 172 still also holds the world record for flight endurance
set in 1958, when it flew non-stop for 64 days, 19 hours without landing.