146 years ago today, Clyde Cessna was born. Founding the Cessna Aircraft Company in the 1920s, the company was one of the highest-volume and most diverse producers of general aviation aircraft in the world during the 20th century. Cessna’s interest in aviation began in 1910 after witnessing an aerial exhibition in his home state of Kansas. He moved to New York state to pursue a career in aviation, and built his first airplane at age 32. READ more about his innovations… (1879)

In 1911, he was determined to fly his primitive aeroplane called the “Silverwing” exclaiming after the 12th failed flight attempt that he would “fly this thing, then burn it and have nothing more to do with aeroplanes”. But his perseverance paid off and he became the first man to build and fly a plane in the Ameri

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