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Cessna, 1927 USA, aeronautical manufacturer information

Name: Cessna
Country: USA USA
Founded: 1927

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The Cessna Aircraft Company Inc. - founded in 1927 by Clyde Vernon Cessna - was an American aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. The company built single and twin-engine small propeller, turboprop and jet aircraft. From 1965, Cessna produced business jets. The brand name Cessna refers to one of the best-known aircraft series for private and business jets, and fighter aircraft were also produced.

After General Dynamics bought the Cessna company in 1985, the production of small aircraft was discontinued. This was largely due to the extension of product liability in the USA, which made it unrealistic to market these aircraft types economically.

It was only after the company was sold again in 1992 to Textron Inc. that aircraft of this type series were produced again. In 2014, the company merged with Hawker Beechcraft to form Textron Aviation. However, the Cessna brand name remains for all existing product series.

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