Pilots looking for a reliable, economical alternative to a Cessna 180, 185, or other larger taildraggers should consider this 1967 Cessna 172H Skyhawk tailwheel conversion, which is available for ...

I commonly hear new taildragger pilots being quoted around $2,000 per year for insurance on types like the Cessna 170, and less than half that amount for the tricycle-gear 172.

The single-engine Cessna Taildragger went down about 3pm Thursday afternoon in Chambers County between Anahuac and Oak Island, killing Pilot Bill Cox, 76, of Beach City, Charles Blasingame, 76, of ...

Aircraft equipped with tricycle landing gear are easier to handle on the ground because the back end doesn't want to come up to visit the front, which is what can happen with a tailwheel aircraft if ...

Basically a Cessna 170 (the company’s original four-seat aircraft) with Land-O-Matic tricycle gear replacing the conventional tailwheel arrangement, the Skyhawk has changed little from its ...

National Transportation Safety Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to require detailed repetitive main landing gear inspections on certain older Cessna single-engine aircraft in a ...