You know the holidays are approaching fast when Sporty’s Pilot Shop releases its annual Christmas ornament.
The Cessna 172, the most widely-flown, high-wing aircraft in the training environment, is Sporty’s choice for the 2025 holiday decoration. The Skyhawk, as it is also known, is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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