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.

Although receiving the designation “Citation” in the Cessna corporate jet series, the Citation II was a completely new design which had no commonality with the earlier series,

The Hawk series of light aircraft was designed by CGS Aviation Inc of Broadview Heights, Ohio, formerly Chuck’s Glider Supplies, the first machine being made available in 1980, as a single-seat light sporting aircraft which could be made available in kit form.

The Cessna Sovereign was designed as a mid-size corporate business aircraft aimed at replacing aircraft such as the Falcon 10, Westwind and Sabreliner in the market.

The Champion series of aircraft was introduced in 1946 by the Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation and subsequently it and a number of other manufacturers developed the design in various models, with various power plants.

The Cessna 750 Citation X series was announced in October 1990, at the US NBAA annual conference, testing of the engine taking place initially on a citation VII testbed (N650) in August 1992.

One of the earliest homebuilts, the DW-1 was designed by Messrs Dalrymple and Ward in 1937 as an easy to build and operate light aircraft with good performance.

In 1953 the Cessna with its Model 318 won a design competition for production of a two-seat side-by-side jet trainer for the USAF powered by two Continental J-69 engines, these being Americanised versions of the French Turbomeca Marbore. Two prototypes were built with the designation XT-37, the first flying

The Weedhopper was a high-wing ultralight aircraft fitted with an engine in the tractor configuration, a tricycle undercarriage, and with two-axis control. It was initially developed by John Chota in the late 1970s during the boom in ultralight aircraft and was introduced to the market in 1977.

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.

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

The Cessna 182 Katmai Super STOL is a development of the Wren 460 (which see) which itself was developed in the 1960s and was a conversion of the basic Cessna 182 series to achieve outstanding short field performance.

During the years 1946 to 1949 Cessna produced two basically identical two-seat light cabin monoplanes known as the Models 120 and 140.

The Model 182, which was introduced into the Cessna range in 1956, initially used the same airframe and engine as the Model 180, but it had four seats for executive use rather than for the utility role, and was fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.

Designed as a successor to the Cessna Models 120 and 140, production of which concluded in the mid 1950s, the 150 series proved to be one of the most popular civil training aircraft, with about 22,839 examples constructed and delivered between 1959 and 1977.

Intended to meet the requirements of ‘bush’ fliers around the world, the Cessna 185 was designed a s a rugged utility aircraft.

The 152 was introduced to the Cessna range in 1978 as a redesign of the 150 and was, like its competitors the Beech Skipper and Piper Tomahawk, aimed at the training market as a new design.

In 2006 Cessna announced it intended to produce a series of new designs using modern technology and, amongst these, was a new training aircraft, seating two, to meet new light sport aircraft regulations introduced into the United States.

The Model 170 was introduced into the Cessna range in 1948 as a development of the earlier two-seat light cabin monoplanes, the Models 120 and 140, and to meet a requirement among operators in the United States for four seats.