Cessna won an order from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for 29 172 Skyhawks equipped with the Garmin G1000 cockpit. The order will boost the university's fleet of Skyhawks to 69 and continue ...

The aircraft are equipped with the Garmin G1000 electronic flight instrumentation package. About 1,700 students learn to fly Skyhawks at Embry-Riddle's Daytona, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., campuses.

LAKELAND, Fla., April 1, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, part of the Textron Aviation segment of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), announced today that it signed a long-term purchase agreement with Embry ...

Cessna Aircraft said Tuesday that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University plans to purchase up to 57 Cessna Skyhawk 172s for its flight program. Cessna said it will deliver 29 of the single, piston ...

The deal is also a sign that Cessna remains active in the flight training market in the wake of its decision to scrap its Model 162 Skycatcher.

We still have a lot of work to do.” University officials say Embry-Riddle is the first large flight-training organization to install the noise-reducing systems on an entire Cessna 172 fleet.