Cessna started building the 172 training plane - and more than 60 years on, it’s still in production. Stephen Dowling looks at the reasons why it’s still so popular.

Owning a Skyhawk can be a rewarding experience, from fuel and maintenance to insurance and hangar fees, but it's important to execute a plan.

The longest of all happened to be undertaken by that most humble of aircraft, the Cessna 172. From December 1958 to February 1959, Bob Timm and John Cook set out to make history. The duo remained ...

The venerable Cessna 172 has been training new pilots, transporting families and connecting entrepreneurs with customers for close to 70 years, As a result, the aircraft has become both a sought ...

As anyone who has downloaded Microsoft Flight Simulator X or X-Plane knows, piloting an aircraft using a keyboard ... knows this and built a great Cessna 172 cockpit for his personal use.

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk, introduced in 1955, is arguably the most successful aircraft in history. Cessna designed the plane as a tricycle landing gear variant of the Cessna 170. Key features and ...