1951 Cessna 195

1977 Cessna 404 Titan II

Cessna Aircraft Company, located in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine airplanes to business jets. Cessna 195, this example was manufactured in 1951. ... Cessna 195, this example was manufactured in 1951. ... Wichita, the Air Capital, is the largest city in Kansas, as well as a major manufacturing hub and cultural center. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... General aviation (GA) encompasses all aviation other than scheduled airline flights and military aviation. ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...

The company traces its history to June 1911, when Clyde Cessna, a farmer in Rago, Kansas, built a wood-and-fabric plane and became the first person to build and fly an aircraft between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ...

In 1924, Cessna partnered with Lloyd C. Stearman and Walter H. Beech to form the Travel Air Manufacturing Co., Inc., a biplane-manufacturing firm, in Wichita. In 1927 he left Travel Air to form his own company, the Cessna Aircraft Company, to build monoplanes. 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Beechcraft Travel Air was a twin-engine development of the Beechcraft Bonanza. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After World War II, Cessna created the 170 - which, along with later models, notably the 172, became the most widely produced light aircraft in history. Cessna's advertising brags that its aircraft have trained more pilots than those of any other company. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Cessna was bought by General Dynamics Corporation in 1985, and stopped producing piston-engine airplanes the next year due to concerns over product liability. In 1992, Textron Inc. bought Cessna and soon resumed producing light aircraft. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. ... Product liability encompasses a number of legal claims that allow an injured party to recover financial compensation from the manufacturer or seller of a product. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Textron (NYSE: TXT) is a major US based conglomerate, who, unlike most other conglomerates, remains fairly large today after the glory years in the 1960s. ...

Aircraft

• AgWagon and AgTruck
• Cessna 140
• Cessna 150
• Cessna 152
• Cessna 172
• Cessna 175
• Cessna 177
• Cessna 180
• Cessna 182
• Cessna 185
• Cessna 205 and 206 Stationair
• Cessna 208
• Cessna 210
• Cessna 303
• Cessna 310
• Cessna 337
• Cessna 402
• Cessna Citation X
• Cessna T-37

In the years just following the end of World War II, Cessna first began production of two-seat general aviation aircraft with the Cessna 120 and the Cessna 140. ... 1973 Cessna C150L The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training. ... The Cessna 152 is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, primarily used for flight training. ... The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane. ... A Cessna 175A Slylark lands at Carelton Place, Ontario, Airport 2004 The Cessna 175 Skylark was a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane that was produced between 1958 and 1962. ... Cessna 177B Cardinal at Smiths Falls, Ontario 2004 The Cessna 177 Cardinal is a light high-wing general aviation aircraft that was intended to complement and later replace the Cessna 172, first announced in 1967. ... The Cessna 180 is a general aviation light aircraft produced by the Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas. ... The Cessna 182, also called the Skylane, is a 4 seater single engine light aircraft. ... The Cessna 205, 206, and 207, known variously as the Skywagon, Super Skywagon, and Stationair is a development of the popular Cessna line of high-wing, single-engine piston aircraft used for general aviation. ... The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the USA by Cessna. ... The Cessna 210 Centurion is a large, high-performance, single-engine general aviation aircraft which was first flown January 1957. ... A Cessna 377 Super Skymaster The Cessna Skymaster is an innovative twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push_pull configuration. ... The Cessna 402 is a 6 to 10 place light twin piston aircraft. ... The Cessna Citation X is a medium-sized business jet airplane designed to fly at high subsonic speeds. ... T-37s in formation One of the most prominent of the trainer-attack type aircraft is the Cessna T_37/A_37, known in various forms as the Tweety Bird, Tweet, Dragonfly, or Super Tweet. ...

External links

• Company web site: http://www.cessna.com/
• Aircraft-Info.net - Cessna (http://www.aircraft-info.net/aircraft/propellor_aircraft/cessna/)