Cessna's classic 172 Skyhawk can fly at about 143 mph and cover around 736 miles in ideal conditions with zero wind.

T he Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a reliable single-engine, high-wing aircraft with a range of about 600 nautical miles. For those ...

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.

The first-generation Cessna 172s with the sloped, “fastback” fuselage is a favorite among some Skyhawk enthusiasts.

[Stevenarango] knows this and built a great Cessna 172 cockpit for his personal use. All the gauges, instrument panels, and controls are from Saitek, one of the best manufacturers of home ...

Like so many general aviation pilots, I trained on a variety of Cessnas – the 152, 162, 172, and 182 ... and intuitive to operate. But Cessna’s reliable aircraft are not exclusively for ...

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 ...