25 Facts About Cessna

Cessna is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

Cessna 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.

In March 2014, when Textron purchased the Beechcraft and Hawker Aircraft corporations, Cessna ceased operations as a subsidiary company and joined the others as one of the three distinct brands produced by Textron Aviation.

Cessna was the first person to do so between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

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Cessna started his wood-and-fabric aircraft ventures in Enid, Oklahoma, testing many of his early planes on the salt flats.

Cessna DC-6 earned certification on the same day as the stock market crash of 1929, October 29,1929.

Cessna C-37 was introduced in 1937 as Cessna's first seaplane when equipped with Edo floats.

In 1940, Cessna received their largest order to date, when they signed a contract with the US Army for 33 specially equipped Cessna T-50s.

Cessna returned to commercial production in 1946, after the revocation of wartime production restrictions, with the release of the Model 120 and Model 140.

In 1959, Cessna acquired Aircraft Radio Corporation, of Boonton, New Jersey, a leading manufacturer of aircraft radios.

Cessna kept ARC as a subsidiary until 1983, selling it to avionics-maker Sperry.

In 1960, Cessna acquired McCauley Industrial Corporation, of Ohio, a leading manufacturer of propellers for light aircraft.

In 1960, Cessna affiliated itself with Reims Aviation of Reims, France.

Late in 2007, Cessna purchased the bankrupt Columbia Aircraft company for US$26.

On November 27,2007, Cessna announced the then-new Cessna 162 would be built in the People's Republic of China by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the China Aviation Industry Corporation I, a Chinese government-owned consortium of aircraft manufacturers.

Cessna reported that the decision was made to save money and that the company had no more plant capacity in the United States at the time.

Cessna received much negative feedback for this decision, with complaints centering on the recent quality problems with Chinese production of other consumer products, China's human rights record, exporting of jobs and China's less than friendly political relationship with the United States.

The customer backlash surprised Cessna and resulted in a company public relations campaign.

Cessna reported, "Upon additional analysis of the business jet market related to this product offering, we decided to formally cancel further development of the Citation Columbus".

In early June 2009, Cessna laid off an additional 700 salaried employees, bringing the total number of lay-offs to 7,600, which was more than half the company's workers at the time.

Half of Cessna's workforce remained laid-off and CEO Jack Pelton stated that he expected the recovery to be long and slow.

Since March 2012, Cessna has been pursuing building business jets in China as part of a joint venture with Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

In March 2014, Cessna ceased operations as a company and instead became a brand of Textron Aviation.

Generally, the names of Cessna models do not follow a theme, but there is usually logic to the numbering: the 100 series are the light singles, the 200s are the heftier, the 300s are light to medium twins, the 400s have "wide oval" cabin-class accommodation and the 500s are jets.

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