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The Cessna Aircraft Company was an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Best known for small, piston-powered aircraft, Cessna also produced business jets. For many years the company was one of the highest-volume producers of general aviation aircraft in the world. Founded in 1927, it was purchased by General Dynamics in 1985, then by Textron, Inc. in 1992. In March 2014, when Textron purchased the Beechcraft and Hawker Aircraft businesses, Cessna ceased operations as a subsidiary company and joined the others as one of the three distinct brands produced by Textron Aviation.

• 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.

• 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 jets

  • Cessna Citation 525 M2/CJ series – in production since 1991

  • Cessna Citation 560XL Excel – in production since 1996

  • Cessna Citation 680 Sovereign – in production since 2004

  • Citation Citation 680A Latitude – in production since 2014

  • Citation Citation 700 Longitude – in production since 2017