Abstract Clyde Cessna had a dream that one day he would own an airplane company. He wanted to be the greatest manufacturer of airplanes. Clyde started by working with a friend in the business. After he had lost his friend in a plane competition accident, he gave up his dream. His nephew Dwayne took over his father’s company together with his brother. They started the Cessna Aircraft Company. It is the company that started developing the Cessna 170 model. After several months, they developed the model with new features and came up with Cessna 172. The 172 types of planes had several models. From 172A to 172M, there had been over 30,000 aircraft. They changed the name to Skyhawk and marketed the new planes under the name. The planes have been helpful to private citizens. They have been able to use them for racing and private affairs. The corporate world has also adopted for business purposes. The United States Air Force has had the opportunity to use them in the aircraft academies for undergraduate students. Other countries have also used them for military purposes. Several aircraft schools have also used the 172 model and the Skyhawk for training and examining their students. In 1986, the company stopped the production of aircraft because of the increase in the cost of production. However, the process resumed in the 1990s after the company managed to get funds for its operation Introduction Cessna’s story is an example of strong will. The 172 airplane was a follow-up development of the Cessna 170. The Cessna 172 has evolved over the years with the introduction of A to Q class planes. The paper would discuss the Cessna 172 milestone achievements over the years. Brief History A farmer in Rago, Kansas became the first person to construct and fly a powered plane in America. Clyde Cessna started building and experimenting with airplanes in Oklahoma. But he could not get financiers for his venture and so he moved to another State. Cessna found three friends and managed to start the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. In 1927, he started the Cessna Aircraft Company (Administration, 2004). The company specialized in monoplanes and managed to launch about 7 in the same year. In the autumn of 1929, the Wall Street predicaments caused the sales to drop. The company tried to slash its prices, but it could not save its imminent collapse. The board of directors fired Cessna and closed down the company (Smith, 2010). He left and went back to the Travel Air abandoned complex and restarted the Cessna Aircraft Company with his son. They started building custom racing planes. However, during the races, his best friend died in a crash in one of the planes. He gave up and went back to his farm. In 1934, Wallace Dwayne and his brother took over their father’s company and restarted the Cessna Aircraft Company (Administration, 2004). In 1948, the company improved the 140 models to 170. The new model was a 145 horsepower Continental engine. It first flew in late 1955. In 1956 the company produced over 1,000 planes and made significant sales. It was the beginning of the 170s series. They were the improved version planes with similar designs. Product and Product Adjustments The company made some improvements on the Cessna 170 and the modified version mod