There have also been several different versions of the Cessna 172, with the Skyhawk moniker first being used on the 172B in 1960. Read more: 11 Of The Fastest Dodge Cars Ever Made, Ranked By Top ...

The engine of choice early on in the Cessna 172 — “Skyhawk,” by the way, was used early on, though not consistently, to describe a premium model; today, it’s simply a well-known nickname ...

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 this day and age of high-tech autonomous drones and aircraft, an International Space Station (ISS) that circles the planet every 90 minutes and CEOs that board private rocket ships on the regular, ...

Cessna got it right with this airplane. The emergence of the 172 into the role of primary trainer ... behind this movement to overhaul good used Skyhawks is that there are a lot of good used ...

It was also a Cessna 172 that teenage West German pilot Mathias Rust used to fly into the Soviet Union – and land in Moscow in an effort to promote world peace. At the height of the Cold War ...

There’s hardly a pilot flying today who hasn’t logged at least a few hours in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk ... The Air Force and Naval academies used the T-41 to train cadets, while the U.S. Army ...

The same system was used to regularly pull up food ... The duo had managed to fly their own Cessna 172 for a full 50 days, landing on September 21 1958. It was clear changes were needed.