Cessna Thinks Outside the Chocks

摘要

Cessna's parent company, Textron, announced last November that Cessna had bought Oregon's Columbia Aircraft, previously known as Lancair ("Cessna's Golden Oldie," June/July 2006). Columbia's advanced single-engine aircraft, Models 350 and 400, will be marketed as the Cessna 350 and 400. Cessna also recently announced that it will turn over production of its SkyCatcher Light Sport Aircraft to China's Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, in a move to lower the selling price by $71,000 per aircraft to about $110,000. Production of the aircraft in China may also make Cessna products more attractive to the growing number of Chinese pilots.