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AVRO
Aircraft
Cessna TextronThe Cessna Aircraft Company was an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
The Cessna Aircraft Company (/ˈsɛsnə/[3]) was an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. The company produced small, piston-powered aircraft, as well as business jets. For much of the mid-to-late 20th century, Cessna was one of the highest-volume and most diverse producers of general aviation aircraft in the world. It was founded in 1927 and was purchased by General Dynamics in 1985, then by Textron, Inc., in 1992. In March 2014, when Textron purchased the Beechcraft and Hawker Aircraft corporations,
As of October 2020, Textron Aviation is producing the following Cessna models:[52]
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk – high-wing, single piston-engined, four-seat aircraft in production since the 1950s. More Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.[53]
- Cessna 182 Skylane – high-wing, single piston-engined, four-seat aircraft in production since 1996 (was originally produced between 1956 and 1985)
- Cessna 206 Stationair – high-wing, single piston-engined, six-seat utility aircraft in production since 1962
- Cessna 208 Caravan – high-wing single-turboprop utility aircraft in production since 1984.
- Cessna 408 SkyCourier – high-wing twin-turboprop utility aircraft under development (production to begin in 2019).
- Cessna Denali – low-wing single-turboprop utility aircraft under development (production to begin in 2020).
- Cessna Citation family – twin-engined business jetsCessna Citation 525 M2/CJ series – in production since 1991Cessna Citation 560XL Excel – in production since 1996Cessna Citation 680 Sovereign – in production since 2004Cessna Citation 680A Latitude – in production since 2014Cessna Citation 700 Longitude – in production since 2017