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Aircraft Radio Corporation (ARC) – not to be confused with Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) – was a principal pioneer and major manufacturer of avionics for military and commercial aircraft, and later general aviation (light) aircraft, from the 1920s to the 1950s—subsequently acquired and rebranded by a succession of other companies, each of whom changed the official name, of the ...
Cessna's first business jet, the Cessna Citation I, performed its maiden flight on September 15, 1969. [20] Cessna produced its 100,000th single-engine airplane in 1975. [21] In 1985, Cessna ceased to be an independent company. It was purchased by General Dynamics Corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary.
A King KY197 Comm radio (top) in a Yankee panel. King Radio was a manufacturer of general aviation avionics and aviation gauges and indicators. It was a major avionics supplier of Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft. The success of King Radio began with the highly popular KY 90 VHF communications radio, known for its clarity and low cost.
The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog is a liaison and observation aircraft that first flew on December 14, 1949, and entered service in 1950 as the L-19 in the Korean War.It went to serve in many branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, was not retired until the 1970s in a number of variants, and also served in the Vietnam War.
The Cessna Citation is a family of business jets manufactured by Cessna that entered service in 1972. [1] In the fifty years following the type's first flight in 1969, more than 7,500 Citations were delivered, forming the largest business jet fleet in the world. [2] Deliveries reached 8,000 by 2022, while logging over 41 million flight hours. [3]
Dwane Leon Wallace (October 29, 1911 – December 21, 1989) was an American aviation businessman and aircraft designer.He served as the president and/or chairman of the board of the Cessna Aircraft Company from 1935 until the 1970s, continuing then on the board as a director and consultant into the 1980s.
"Clyde Cessna," September 1996, Aviation History magazine by Edward H. Phillips on HistoryNet.com (detailed feature article on Clyde Cessna by his principal biographer) Clyde Cessna and the Founding of the Cessna Aircraft Company from Disciples of Flight "Why the Cessna is such a Badass plane", Clyde Cessna & the early days of his eponymous ...
WAYC (100.9 FM) is a hot adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Bedford, Pennsylvania, serving Beford and Bedford County in Pennsylvania. [1] WAYC is owned and operated by Cessna Communications, Inc. [5]