Drawing No. 172-S · Skyhawk 180 hp · Side Elevation
The lines of a classic.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Hand drawn · Side Elevation
A quiet, dependable workhorse of the skies. Trusted by flight schools, bush pilots and weekend aviators across six continents — and, now, the aircraft that carries you from an airfield less than 30 minutes from downtown Paris to the sea.
First flown in 1955, the Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history — a record it holds for good reason.
Stable. Forgiving. Engineered for a kind of unhurried, gentlemanly aviation that suits the spirit of the long French weekend exactly.
A high-wing single-engine four-seater. 180 horsepower Lycoming engine. Wheel fairings for cleaner aerodynamics and slightly higher cruise.
An aircraft is only as good as the hands at the yoke. Ours have logged more hours over French skies than most pilots will in a career.
Every Horizon France flight is preceded by a thorough pre-flight inspection and a personal weather briefing. We do not fly through it — we fly around it. A flight may be delayed for the sake of a smoother sky; it will never be rushed for the sake of a schedule.
Faster aircraft exist. Larger ones too. We chose the Skyhawk for the qualities that matter on a two-day escape: a panoramic high-wing view, an unhurried cruise that lets the countryside unfold beneath you, and a safety record forged over seventy years of refinement.
It is, in the truest sense, the aircraft of the leisurely traveller.
The high wing sits above your head — not below, not beside you. From the cabin, the Norman coast and the Alsatian vineyards lie in open view, framed only by the horizon.
Two hundred kilometres per hour. Slow enough to see the rivers, the bell towers, the patchwork of fields. Fast enough that Paris and the Mont are an hour apart.
Active noise-cancelling headsets are provided. Conversation flows easily, and the pilot is at your shoulder — answering questions, pointing out landmarks, never far from a story.
an airfield less than 30 minutes from downtown Paris, Dinard, Colmar-Houssen, Cherbourg, Pontoise — small French airfields with no security queues, no terminal lines, no waiting. You walk from the car to the aircraft in minutes.
Two destinations, three pricing tiers, one horizon — and an aircraft warmed up and waiting.
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