Modern Garmin avionics, 180 hp engine, and other upgrades set this utilitarian player apart.

Air Plains Services, based in Wellington, Kansas, has designed an advanced instrument panel kit—the 172XPa—for Cessna 172 owners who either are planning to install or have completed installations of ...

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 ...

A 1975 Cessna 172M Skyhawk with a Penn Yan SuperHawk conversion (180 hp Lycoming O-360 engine) is featured as the "Today's Top Pick," available for $102,000. The aircraft has 3,909 airframe hours and ...

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a reliable single-engine, high-wing aircraft with a range of about 600 nautical miles. For those looking for a forgiving learning platform, this four-seater with docile ...

India’s Chimes Aviation has ordered 20 single engine piston Cessna 172-Skyhawks for its aviation academies in Madhya Pradesh and an as yet unnamed new location. Eleven of the aircraft will be ...

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 ...

In 1956, Cessna started building the 172 training plane - and more than 60 years on, it’s still in production. Why has it been so popular? It can seat four people, in a squeeze, and weighs a little ...

In December of 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made history with their bi-plane contraption that managed to do the seemingly impossible: it gave man the ability to fly. The concept was so unearthly, ...