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A private jet is a jet, where a Cessna 172 is a small unpressurised prop plane that dawdles along at 1/3 the speed and is uncomfortable to be a passenger in…

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It's speed is also lower than many cars on the Autobahn at ~300 km/h

Granted, there's less of a risk of traffic in the sky than on the Autobahn

„many cars on the Autobahn“? Not really, i very rarely see cars going 300 km/h.

Even 200 km/h is exceedingly rare.

Going 160 knots (300 kph) in a C172 would be pretty rare and is nearly at the maximum speed of the airframe. Cruise is more like 115 knots or 210 kph.

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