Textron Aviation marks 70 years of the Cessna 172 in 2025

Textron Aviation marks 70 years of the Cessna 172 in 2025

Textron Aviation, the US-based aerospace giant that owns a range of aircraft brands such as Bell Helicopters, Cessna, Pipistrel, and Beechcraft, will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine training aircraft in 2025. The type, first introduced in its most simple form in 1955, has come a long way since then, with over 45,000 of the type already built, and the aircraft remaining in production seven decades on. Known …