AOPA will close at 12:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 31, and remain closed through Thursday, January 1. We will reopen on Friday, January 2, at 8:30 a.m. ET.
1996: AOPA Pilot Editor in Chief Thomas B. Haines wrote about the rebirth of the Skyhawk in "First New 172: A tradition continues," featured in the December AOPA Pilot.