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 ...
There’s hardly a pilot flying today who hasn’t logged at least a few hours in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk. It’s the world’s best-selling single-engine airplane, with more than 35,000 built since it began ...