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A popular trainer, this forgiving four-seater can handle family transport missions.

Before beginning an aircraft upgrade, there are a few parameters to address before laying wrenches on bolt heads.

The annual inspection is one of the most significant cost drivers for Cessna 172 owners.

In addition to being affordable and forgiving in the air, the Skyhawk is easy to maintain.

A ferry pilot recently garnered attention for flying a Skyhawk 2,521 miles to Hawaii.

Air Plains is offering a new, advanced panel kit for Cessna 172 owners who are planning to upgrade their aircraft engines with the company’s 180 hp supplemental type certificate.

The Cessna 172 was based on the Cessna 170 taildragger, and in 1956 the most notable difference between the airplanes was the gear. The tricycle gear that helped make the Cessna 172 an excellent training airplane was named Land-O-Matic by the marketing department. Cessna’s idea to change the gear configuration most likely came from the […]

The addition brings Liberty’s fleet to 27 aircraft.

In its preliminary report, Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS) says a police drone caused “major damage” when it crashed into a Cessna 172N near Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ) in Toronto on August 10. The 172, which had an instructor and student on board, was on final approach into the airport. It […]

ATP Flight School accepted delivery of eight new Garmin G-1000 NXi-equipped Cessna 172 Skyhawks from Textron Aviation during the week of September 1. This brings the number of training aircraft at ATP to more than 410 around the world. ATP said in a news release that its expansion is still being driven by the long-term […]