# Is a Cessna 172 pressurized?  If not would it give me altitude sickness?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cessna-172-pressurized-if-not-would-it-give-me-altitude-sickness/622605>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cessna-172-pressurized-if-not-would-it-give-me-altitude-sickness/622605 "2012-05-21T15:01:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![blasto9000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@blasto9000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasto9000)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cessna-172-pressurized-if-not-would-it-give-me-altitude-sickness/622605/21 "2012-05-24T17:00:56Z")

</div>

> [@Richard\_Pearse](#):
>
> The smallest Embraer is the EMB110 Bandeirante. It has both pressurised and unpressurised versions. Are you sure it wasn’t pressurised?

Actually, I only remember it was an Embraer because it was the first time I’d heard of that brand (I was in my early 20s, which was a long time ago). We were told the cabin was not pressurized in the pre-flight announcement. Hey, it was a $19 flight…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cessna-172-pressurized-if-not-would-it-give-me-altitude-sickness/622605/22 "2012-05-25T02:37:55Z")

</div>

Ah ok.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cessna-172-pressurized-if-not-would-it-give-me-altitude-sickness/622605.md?page=1)