Cessna Aircraft Clyde V. Cessna founded Cessna in 1916 after seeing an airshow near Oklahoma City in 1911. A mechanic and auto salesman, he assembled his aircraft using a kit from Queens Airplane Company in the Bronx. After several failed attempts, he eventually got the hang of flying and became a decent pilot. By 1916, he began using the Jones Motor Car factory in Wichita, Kansas, to start production for his aircraft. By 1917, Cessna had built the [...]

Beechcraft Aircraft The first aircraft built by Beechcraft in the 1930s wouldn't truly be the start of Walter Beech's career. In the 1920s, Beech first built a Travel Air aircraft that was a conventional round-engine, rag-and-tube taildragger – nothing like the tricycle landing gear planes that would take over the future of aviation. Officially formed in 1932, the Beech Aircraft Company was the idea of pioneer aviator Walter Beech, who had served as a pilot for the United [...]

Cessna By Textron Aviation Clyde V. Cessna founded Cessna in 1916 after seeing an airshow near Oklahoma City in 1911. A mechanic and auto salesman, he assembled his aircraft using a kit from Queens Airplane Company in the Bronx. After several failed attempts, he eventually got the hang of flying and became a decent pilot. By 1916, he began using the Jones Motor Car factory in Wichita, Kansas, to start production for his aircraft. By 1917, the Comet [...]

Cessna By Textron Aviation Cessna founder Clyde V. Cessna worked as a mechanic and auto salesman for Overland Automobiles. In 1911, Clyde attended an airshow near Oklahoma City. Shortly after attending the airshow, Clyde got the urge to fly. Using a kit from Queens Airplane Company in the Bronx, he put together his aircraft. After many failed attempts, he eventually got the hang of flying and became a decent pilot. By 1916, he was offered a rent-free space [...]

The terms overhaul, remanufactured, and rebuilt are often used interchangeably in aviation. But they do mean very different things, and it can be confusing for buyers and operators to understand the key differences and, more importantly, what they are potentially buying? Most people will assume a remanufactured engine and a rebuilt engine are the same, and you would be surprised how many more people think an overhaul is equivalent. It's shocking to see how many people fly beyond [...]

Piper Aircraft Founded in 1927 just before the Great Depression by Clarence and Gordon Taylor, Piper used to be called Taylor Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Their vision was to be a manufacturer of reliable and innovative aircraft. However, in an unfortunate plane incident, Gordon died one year after establishing the company. After Gordon’s death, a wealthy businessman William Piper convinced Clarence to continue operations in Pennsylvania. And for some time, they had success in selling one of its first [...]

Piper Aircraft Piper Aircraft was established by two brothers, Clarence and Gordon Taylor, in 1927. In what was then known as Taylor Aircraft Manufacturing Company, the Taylor brothers sought to design and manufacture aircraft. But not everything went as planned as Gordon Taylor was in a fatal accident in 1928 demonstrating one of their prototype aircraft. After speaking to a wealthy businessman named William Piper, he convinced the remaining living brother to move to Pennsylvania and continue running [...]