* Para-Lift Flaps – these were the large Fowler flaps Cessna introduced on the 170B in 1952, replacing the narrow chord plain flaps then in use.

* Land-O-Matic – In 1956, Cessna introduced sprung-steel tricycle landing gear on the 172.

* Omni-Vision – This referred to the rear windows on some Cessna singles, starting with the 182 and 210 in 1962, the 172 in 1963 and the 150 in 1964.

* Quick-Scan – Cessna introduced a new instrument panel layout in the 1960s and this buzzword was to indicate Cessna ’ s panels were ahead of the competition.

* Nav-O-Matic – This was the name of the Cessna autopilot system, which implied the system was relatively simple.

* Camber-Lift – This marketing name was used to describe Cessna aircraft wings starting in 1972 when the aerodynamics designers at Cessna added a slightly drooped leading edge to the standard NACA 2412 airfoil used on most of the light aircraft fleet.

* Stabila-Tip – Cessna started commonly using wingtip fuel tanks, but carefully shaped for aerodynamic effect rather than just tubular-shaped.

* Cessna 162 – high-wing, single piston engined, two-seat light sport aircraft in production since 2009

* Cessna 172 – high-wing, single piston engined, four-seat aircraft in production since the 1950s.

* Cessna 182 – high-wing, single piston engined, four-seat aircraft in production since 1996 ( was originally produced between 1956 and 1985 )

* Cessna 206 – high-wing, single piston engined, six-seat utility aircraft in production since 1962.

* Cessna 208 – high-wing turboprop utility aircraft in production since 1984.

* Cessna 400 – a turbo-charged variant of the Cessna 350, in production since 2004

* Cessna 510 – twin-engined very light business jet produced since 2005.

* Cessna 525 – twin-engined light business jet produced since 1991.

* Cessna 560XL – twin-engined small-to-medium business jet produced since 1996.

* Cessna 680 – twin-engined mid-sized business jet produced since 2004.

* PilotFriend. com – Cessna company history and aircraft types details

* 1879 – Clyde Cessna, American airplane manufacturer ( d. 1954 )

* AVE Mizar – 1973, Cessna Skymaster / Ford Pinto hybrid.

* 2001 – A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS ) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.

* The Escuadrón de Transporte ( transport squadron ) operated 13 Douglas C-47 ' Dakota ' transports, eight Cessna 180 ' Skywagon ' light utility aircraft, seven Cessna 185 ( U-17B ) ' Skywagon ' light utility aircraft, seven Beech 18 ( C-45 ) ' Expeditor ' trainer & utility aircraft, six De Havilland Canada DHC-3 ( U-1A ) ' Otter ' STOL utility transports, five CASA C-212 Aviocar medium transports, two IAI Arava 201 STOL utility transports, two Piper PA-23-250 ' Aztec ' twin-engined light piston utility transports, one Hawker Siddeley HS-125-600B mid-size business jet and one Rockwell Aero Commander 680FL ' Grand ' utility transport.

Most of the non-passenger traffic at this airport is generated by CTC training flights, in single engined Diamond DA20 and Cessna 172, and twin-engined Diamond DA42 Twin Star aircraft.

On October 4, 1975, Wisniski was in a private airplane ( a twin-engined Cessna 310 )

Nowadays almost all kinds of mid-and long-range business jets ( such as the Dassault Falcon 900-2000 and 7X, as well as Gulfstream series 2, 3, 4 and 5, Global Express, Embraer Legacy and Cessna Citations of all types ) are accepted and may perform a full legal landing in Lugano according to JAR OPS.

Cessna's first business jet, the Cessna Citation I performed its maiden flight on September 15, 1969.

The backlash surprised Cessna and resulted in a company public relations campaign to try to explain the decision from a business perspective and assure customers that quality of the aircraft will not be compromised.

On 8 November 2008, at the AOPA Expo, CEO Jack Pelton indicated that Cessna sales of aircraft to individual buyers had fallen but piston and turboprop sales to business had not.

On 23 March 2012 Cessna announced that it is pursing building business jets in China as part of a joint venture with Aviation Industry Corporation of China ( AVIC ).

EVS is rapidly becoming mainstream on many fixed wing and rotary wing operators from Cirrus and Cessna aircraft to large business jets.

* Cessna Citation Excel, a business jet by Cessna Aircraft Company

* Cessna Citation Sovereign, a super mid-size business jet

* Cessna Citation Bravo, a business jet

* Cessna Citation Mustang, a modern business jet which is currently the smallest model in the Cessna Citation range

In 1967 Conrad " Connie " Kalitta began a business carrying car parts using a twin engine Cessna 310 that he piloted.

Corporate aircraft such as the Beechcraft Super King Air, Cessna CitationJet series, Hawker 400, Hawker 800, Piaggio Avanti and variants of the Dassault Falcon business jets are increasingly common.

* January 27 – Cessna delivers its 1, 000th business jet.

The Linate Airport disaster occurred on 8 October 2001 at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, when Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 airliner carrying 110 people bound for Copenhagen, Denmark, collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation CJ2 business jet carrying four people bound for Paris, France.

* Cessna CitationJet-a line of business jets by Cessna Aircraft Company

The memory of Citation was honored after his death when Dwayne Wallace, Chairman of Cessna Aircraft Company, selected the name Citation for the new business jet Cessna was designing.

* October 8 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, a McDonnell Douglas MD87, collides with a Cessna Citation CJ2 business jet while taking off on a fog-shrouded runway from Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, for a flight to Copenhagen, Denmark ; the airliner then crashes into a nearby hangar and catches fire.