Reims F152: French-Built Standard Model and Serial Guide

The Reims F152 is the French-built standard member of the 152 family under A13EU. Its certified starting serial differs from some service-year and advisory tables, and its manufacturer model-year coverage extends through 1986. These distinctions make origin and exact source scope essential to a useful F152 reference.

The U.S. 152 is a related comparison rather than an interchangeable legal identity. The FA152 Aerobat is the separate French acrobatic model. Use the family guide to keep all four identities distinct before comparing engine, propeller or handbook information.

French Manufacture and Certification

The source records Reims Aviation manufacture at Reims-Prunay, France, Utility category and initial approval on 2 June 1977. The type-design context remains A13EU even if an aircraft later moves to another registration jurisdiction. A registration change does not convert the aircraft into a U.S. 152 for technical-document selection.

F15201429 Versus F15201449

A13EU eligibility begins at F15201429. Some manufacturer service-year tables and later advisory material instead begin at F15201449. The earlier certified identities should not be discarded because another source has narrower table coverage. Model eligibility, service-year assignment and advisory scope answer different questions.

The serial guide retains the conflict rather than inventing a manufacture date or forcing the early aircraft into an unsupported annual assignment. For a document question, carry the model identity and year uncertainty together into the aircraft-record review.

Engine Effectivity and Later Production

The F152 identity describes O-235-L2C for 1978-1982 models and N2C for 1983 onward or approved rework. The French engine-range rows preserve the actual serial relationship. A U.S. transition number cannot be applied by removing the F prefix from a French aircraft's serial.

the model-year coverage continues through 1986. That matters when connecting later French aircraft to publications: the final U.S. year is not a worldwide endpoint. The engine reference distinguishes installed-aircraft ratings from manufacturer ratings and factory eligibility from the engine present today.

Propeller Application Under Reims Authority

The exact McCauley application is recorded in a separate F152/FA152 row under the Reims aircraft source. Its agreement with the U.S. application does not authorize transferring unrelated U.S. speed or loading limits. Each technical relationship must retain its own authority and scope.

The propeller guide explains diameter, static RPM and the installed-product hub-crack context. A factory application cannot establish current propeller identification, maintenance state or AD compliance. Aircraft and component records remain necessary for those conclusions.

Handbook Families and 1986 Effectivity

The document master explicitly pairs standard 152/F152 publication families, providing useful leads for French aircraft. These are positive source relationships, not assumptions based on a shared suffix. The exact serial effectivity, revision and aircraft title-page context must still agree with the installation.

The late handbook record includes Reims 1986 serial coverage in a publication family associated with 1985 U.S. aircraft. A cover year is therefore not a complete applicability rule. The manuals guide explains the distinction between that family recognition and establishing a complete, controlling aircraft copy.

Limits That Are Not Borrowed From U.S. Aircraft

The U.S. certified-speed, CG and weight groups are not assigned to this page. The standard U.S. performance series is likewise not an exact F152 series. This is an evidence boundary in the current reference, not an assertion that F152 lacks approved limits or performance documentation.

Consult the A13EU reference and the controlling aircraft handbook for those questions. A similar engine, propeller or external appearance is not sufficient to establish a precise U.S.-to-Reims technical transfer. Current weight and equipment are aircraft-specific even after the correct certified limits have been identified.

Maintenance and Buying Research

The systems guide distinguishes broad architecture from exact effectivity, and the AD reference preserves Reims and installed-product conditions. A family match does not prove that every listed directive applies to a particular F152.

For a buyer, the early-serial conflict and late publication coverage identify specific records questions. For an owner or mechanic, the installed assembly and maintenance documents determine the next technical step. Keep the aircraft's actual history separate from factory eligibility and leave unresolved equipment or compliance to evidence from the aircraft itself.

Compare the Four Model Identities

• Cessna 152
• Cessna A152 Aerobat
• Reims/Cessna FA152 Aerobat

Research Reims modification approvals using the full F152 designation. EASA AD 2006-0267 provides a separate example of exact Reims serial scope. Compare Reims F152 and U.S. 152 documentation before transferring manual, serial or modification assumptions between the two identities.