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The Evolution of the Cessna 172

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 […]

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Wilderness Air Marks 30 Years of Transporting Tour Groups in Africa

Sometimes people unexpectedly find themselves in the aviation business.  When Wilderness Safaris began giving tours in some of Africa’s most remote areas in 1983, it was a modest operation, driving clients out into the bush and bringing them back. Today, the Gaborone, Botswana-based ecotourism company moves tour groups among dozens of luxury camps spread over […]

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