Ever wondered why a humble high-wing trainer outsells every other aircraft in history and still reigns supreme over modern flight decks? Beneath that unassuming aluminum skin lies a design so simple ...

With floats, skis, and a timeless high-wing design, this Cessna 180F Skywagon brings its reputation as a bush-flying legend.

Andy Mack and Leah Sanfillipo bring new life to a Cassutt racer-next stop: Roswell Pylon Racing School with Cheap Thrills.

Cessna’s first four-seater model — a taildragger, of course — is now seventy years old. We see how the 172’s grandaddy is bearing up. Words Peter Turner, photos Peter March When Steven Moth invited me ...

Their Cessna 172 is a 1969 FR172F Reims Rocket Floatplane ... the nose rears up (so I’m steering with peripheral vision, just like a landing taildragger), and still very much in the water. After a few ...

Cessna 170s are among the most desirable four-place tailwheel aircraft these days, and it’s not difficult to see why. With docile handling, excellent flying characteristics, and the flexibility to ...

Jim enjoyed farming, flying his single-engine Cessna taildragger and traveling with his wife in their camper. Jim is survived by his wife, Waneta M. Holt of Newton Falls; three sons, Timothy Holt ...

Most flights Hawkins now conducts are in a two-seat plane, a 1947 Cessna 140, that he owns with other pilots, anchored from the Gateway Tailwheel Club, which is a small, non-equity flying club located ...

Let's look in more detail. The original Cessna 172 was developed from the 1948 Cessna 170 taildragger, but a tricycle landing gear was added, as well as a Continental-300-A engine. The elevators were ...

The modern taildragger can carry up to six passengers and has a useful ... an aircraft cloned from the Cessna 185. Bushliner Aircraft saw the impressive design, rugged utility and raw performance of ...

The 182 started as the tail-dragger Cessna 180 Skywagon, but since tricycle landing gears are much easier for pilots in normal flight conditions, Cessna developed it into the Skylane. The Skywagon ...