The Cessna 172 is one of the most iconic planes in aviation history. This four-seat, single-engine plane was introduced in 1956 and has become the go-to for recreational pilots around the world. Known ...

The Cessna 172 is the world's best-selling civil aircraft, with more than 45,000 units sold. The plane is commonly used as a trainer aircraft for beginner pilots. The plane costs around $50,000 if ...

HAWAII (KHNL) - It's Day Three, and still no signs of a single-engine Cessna plane and its crew, missing from the Big Island of Hawaii since Tuesday morning. Veteran pilot Katsuhiro Takahashi and his ...

This is the second part of my first flight with my wife. I was so proud that she ignored her fear of flying and decided to get into the airplane with me and fly to Lancaster Airport. We made our first ...

The Collier Trophy goes to “the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America” during the preceding year. One year it went to Chance-Vought’s F8U Crusader, a just-launched U.S. Navy ...

MODESTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – When getting planes delivered across the ocean, pilot Tom Lopes says there are two ways: putting it on a boat or flying the plane there. He prefers the second option.

With more than 43,000 delivered since production began in 1955, Cessna’s Model 172 Skyhawk is by far the world’ best-selling civil airplane. And if George Bye has his way, it will become the most ...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Roughly 100 Iraqi pilots have completed the training necessary to graduate to solo flights on the Cessna 172 in the past two years, the U.S. military said. Iraqi pilots on ...

A programme to serially remanufacture Cessna 172 Skyhawks announced at July’s AirVenture show has got off to a strong start. Since launching the scheme at Oshkosh, Wichita-based Yingling Aviation has ...

As anyone who has downloaded Microsoft Flight Simulator X or X-Plane knows, piloting an aircraft using a keyboard and mouse just doesn’t work. If you’re going to get in to the world of flight ...

SPRING, TX -- Al Steiner waited 90 years to have the best birthday party of his life. Surrounded by his wife, friends and neighbors Saturday morning, Steiner celebrated his 90th birthday by flying a ...