Summary Cessna developed aircraft like the Skymaster and 172 Skyhawk which are still produced today. The Cessna 620, with a pressurized cabin and four engines, was canceled in 1957 due to upcoming competition. Cessna’s focus on business jets after the 620 project was canceled resulted in the popular Citation series.
Cessna is one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world. The Wichita, Kansas-based company has developed some of the most famous trainer aircraft, as well as developed a popular line of business jets. Clyde Cessna first founded Cessna Aircraft Company in 1927.
The company began by developing light single-engine aircraft, although the first successful aircraft it created, the DC-6, was certified on the same day of the stock market crash in 1929. This led to Cessna eventually closing its doors due to declining aviation sales due to the Great Depression. Cessna was founded in 1927.
However, in the early 1930s, Clyde's two nephews, Dwane and Dwight Wallace, revived the company. The two brothers restarted the company with the introduction of the Cessna C-37, also known later as the Cessna Skymaster. Cessna also received several contracts for military aircraft during World War II.
The company saw great success in the general aviation boom that came after World War II. This led to the development of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk , the most produced civil aviation aircraft of all time, the Cessna 182 Skylane, and the Cessna 206 Stationair, all of which are still produ.