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TIL that Cessna produce the most amount of any aircraft with 418 models and 72755 aircraft registered with the FAA. Next is Piper 44583, Beech 17523, Cirrus 8298 and Boeing 6420. (Ranked by the total number of aircraft of any model by a given manufacturer. )

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