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Tag: cessna 172

1958 Cessna 172 with raffle winner Michael Little - My Most Memorable Flight: Omaha to Houston in a 50 Dollar Plane

My Most Memorable Flight: Houston to Omaha in a $50 Airplane

We’ve had adventures since then, my “$50 airplane” and I, and I ...

Cessna 172 aircraft on the runway - Continental Receives FAA STC On C-172 Diesel Engine Retrofits, Passes Diesel Milestone

Continental Receives FAA STC On C-172 Diesel Retrofits, Passes Diesel Milestone

Continental Motors has now delivered more than 5,000 motors from their CD-100 ...

Cessna 172, at a flight school for flying lessons

Flight Lesson Journal: I’m Back, Baby, With a New 172!

Finally, I made it back into the sky for more flying lessons! ...

1975 Cessna 172M at KTRK - Flight Lesson Journal: Doubting One's Airworthiness

Flight Lesson Journal: Doubting One’s Airworthiness

At what point exactly does “beginners luck” fade away? Recently I’ve decided ...

Cessna 172 in flight over the water - Learning to Fly With the Slovenly Pig

Learning to Fly With the Slovenly Pig

I Would Be Learning to Fly in This Old Bird? Years before ...

Private Pilot Flash Cards C-172

These Cessna 172 private pilot flash cards are intended as a resource ...

Cessna 172 - World Record Flight Endurance

The Flight Endurance World Record

Setting the Flight Endurance World Record There are a lot of world ...

All About the Cessna 172 Skyhawk

There’s a reason the Cessna 172 Skyhawk is general aviation’s most popular ...