The first Cessna Model C-34 was completed in June 1935 at Cessna’s Wichita, Kansas, plant, and shortly thereafter it was entered in the All Kansas Tour (1,609 km -1,000mile) when it easily won a 40 km (25 miles) free-for-all race. Fitted with a Warner Super Scarab engine, the Model

The Cessna C165 was a development of the earlier Models C-37 and C-38 produced by the Cessna Aircraft Co at its Wichita, Kansas facility shortly before the commencement of World War I. It was the culmination of the development of the Super Scarab powered series, and was a stylish, clean,

The first turboprop business aircraft added to the Cessna range, the Conquest was designed as an intermediate-sized aircraft between the company’s piston-engine twins and the turbofan-power Citation series. The prototype flew for the first time on 26 August 1975, and the first production machine was delivered on 24 September 1977.

In 1911 Clyde Cessna, a skilled automotive engineer, journeyed to New York where he bought an engineless Bleriot monoplane from the Queens Airplane Company (New York) licensee for the Bleriot company. Into this he installed a 45-kw (60-hp) four cylinder liquid-cooled Elbridge engine in his home state of Oklahoma, but

On 7 October 1968 Cessna unveiled a full-scale mock-up of a new eight-seat pressurised executive jet aircraft, known as the Fanjet 500 to delegates at that years National business Aircraft Association convention at Houston, Texas. The aircraft was designed to operated from most airfields used by light and medium twin-engined

The Cutlass RG was introduced to the Cessna range in late 1979 (although described as a new model for 1980) as a variant of the Model 172 Skyhawk with a retractable undercarriage, in order to compete with the very successful Piper Cherokee Arrow, a variant of the Cherokee with a

The Cessna 525 CitationJet was announced at the National Business Jet Association convention in 1989 as the company’s replacement for the Cessna 500 Citation and Citation I series and the first flight of the prototype (N525CJ) was made on 29 April 1991, the second prototype flying on 20 November that

The Hawk XP was designed and developed to meet customer demand for a more powerful version of the Model 172 Skyhawk. Introduced into the Cessna range during 1977, the Hawk XP offered a higher performance with considerably more power, but still remained moderately priced on the market.

The Cessna 560 Citation series was introduced to the Cessna range at the BBAA convention in New Orleans in 1987, theprototype Citation V (N560CC) flying in August that year. The largest of the straight wing members of the Citation series, it has been produced in three models, the Citation

Affectionately known as the Bamboo Bomber, cloth moth, and double breasted Stearman, the Cessna Bobcat, known as the Crane in RCAF service, was built by the Cessna Aircraft Company at Wichita, Kansas, some 5,402 examples being completed.

Continued development by Cessna produced the Citation II, which was larger, faster, climbed more quickly, cruised at higher altitudes, and ranged further than earlier Citation models.

The Streak and Shadow light aircraft were produced by the Cook Flying Machine Company (CFM) in the United Kingdom and have been a sales success, with examples sold to more than 36 countries around the world, including New Zealand and Australia.

Basically the Cessna 207 was a lengthened development of the Cessna 206 designed to improve load-carrying capability whilst retaining the operating economics of that aircraft.

Following commencement of delivery of production aircraft late in 1976, the Model 404 Titan was offered in a range of variants designed specifically to meet the needs of businessmen and commuter airlines which required a large twin-engine aircraft with normally aspirated engines rather than turbines.

The Cessna Caravan I was a completely new utility transport designed by the Cessna Company, and was the largest single-engine aircraft in the company’s line.

The Model 406 Caravan II was developed as a joint venture between Cessna and its French associate, Reims Aviation, for the utility market. Reims has built over 6,000 Cessna-designed aircraft over the years and it was initially a joint concern but in 1989 Cessna sold its interest to the

The Model 210 was introduced to the Cessna range in 1959 as an intermediate model between the 182 and the twin-engine 310

In 1965 the Cessna 411 was introduced to the Cessna range as a twin-engine executive aircraft to compete again the Beechcraft Queen Air and the Aero Commander series. One of Cessna’s first ventures into the commuter aircraft market, the aircraft had the cabin separated from the passenger compartmentby a divider,

On 14 February 1978 Cessna flew a new light-weight twin-engined series of aircraft knownas the Model 303.

On 10 December 1969 Cessna announced it was introducing a new pressurised twin-engine aircraft known as the Model 414 and this aircraft combined the basic fuselage and tail unit of the Model 421 with the wing of the Model 401 fitted with two Continental TSIO-520-J turbo-supercharged engines driving three-blade constant-speed

Production deliveries of the Cessna 310 series of light, twin-engine, executive aircraft commenced in 1954 from the Cessna Aircraft co plant at Wichita, Kansas,

Designed as a replacement for the Cessna 411, the prototype of the Model 421 was flown for the first time on 14 October 1965. The maindifferences between the 421 and the 411 were the up-rated engines and pressurised cabin of the new model, thus permitting it to cruise at

Produced from 1962 to 1968, with a total of 579 aircraft being completed, the Model 320 Skynight was an all-metal, five-seat, executive,

Development of the Cessna 340 series was initiated in 1969 but, because the prototype was lost during test flying in 1970, trials were delayed and deliveries of production

Design of the Cessna 188 series of agricultural aircraft began following a world market research and engineering survey of agricultural operators around the world by Cessna.

Introduced into the Cessna range of aircraft in 1963, the Model 336 Skymaster was unique at that time amongst business light twin-engine aircraft as it had a tractor engine in the nose

The Cessna 190 and 195 series of aircraft was a large, very comfortable, five-seat cantilever, high-wing monoplane produced by the Cessna Aircraft Company in the USA between 1947

The Cessna Model 337 Super Skymaster series was introduced to the company’s range in February 1965 to replace the Model 336 on the production line. It continued the centre-line thrust concept of the previous model, and bore a close resemblance to that aircraft.

The Model 205 was introduced into the Cessna range in August 1962 as a utility transport to suit operators which required a larger aircraft than the Model 185 Skywagon.

Following the success of the Neico Lancair series of kitplanes, Lance Neibauer designed a production certificated aircraft based on the four-seat Lancair ES and set up a separate company to build and market the new type. First in the series became the Colombia 300.

The Cessna 205 was a derivative of the Model 210 fitted with a fixed undercarriage and increased passengercapacity.

The prototype Cessna 401 was flown for the first time on 26 August 1965. Designed as a lighter and cheaper version of the Cessna 411, the 401 was aimed at the business and executive market but, in its developed form, the type was used in the commuter airliner role.

The Cessna 175 series was introduced to the Cessna range in 1958. The Skylark was a deluxe version of the basic 175, in a similar way to the Skyhawk being a deluxe development of the 172.

The CN-235 was developed jointly by CASA and Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) as a civil/military transport, each company building a prototype, there being ceremonies held simultaneously in Spain and Indonesia.

The Cessna 177 Cardinal RG was introduced into the Cessna range in 1970 and is basically a variant of the 177 series with a hydraulically retractable tricycle undercarriage.

The Kasperwing is an American ultralight flying-wing motorglider which was designed by Witold Kasper and Steven Grossruck and was initially built by Cascade Ultralites and was introduced to the market in 1976.

The Cessna 177 series of aircraft, which was first placed in production in 1967, was originally released in two main models, the 177 and the Cardinal.

In 1954 Tom Cassutt, an airline pilot in the United States, designed and built a small single-seat racing aircraft known as the Cassutt I for his own use, winning the 1958 National Air Racing Championships.

The Cessna 180 series of aircraft commenced production in February 1953 and continued until, like other single-engine Cessna models, it ceased in 1981 after some 6,193 examples had been built.

Following the announcement of plans for the 1934 England to Australia sponsored by Sir Macpherson Robertson, an Australian design team comprising L J R Jones, T D J Leech and D Saville set about designing and building an aircraft to enter.