1927: Founded by Clyde Cessna
1960: Cessna affiliated itself with Reims Aviation of Reims, France
1985: The company was purchased by General Dynamics Corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary
1992: General Dynamics sells Cessna to Textron Inc.
March 2014: Cessna becomes a brand of Textron Aviation
In order of model number
First flight: 1927
Series of 4 seat tourers
First flight: 1939 (produced 1939 > 1944)
(military variants AT-8, AT-17, UC-78 and JRC)
UC-78A
First flight: 1946 (produced 1946 > 1949)
Economic version of the 140
First flight: 1946 (produced 1946 > 1951)
First flight: 1957 (produced 1958 > 1977)
military variant: T-51
First flight: 1977 (produced 1977 > 1985)
Basic trainer
First flight: 2006 (concept), 2008 (conforming prototype); September 2009 (production)
Personal use and flight training (production ceased December 2013)
First flight: 1934
series of single-engined aircraft (C-34, C-37, C38, C-39, C-145, C-165 Military UC-77)
First flight: 1948 (produced 1948 > 1956)
First flight: 1955 (still in production)
(military variant: T-41 Mescalero)
First flight: 1958 (produced 1958 > 1962)
First flight: 1967 (produced 1968 > 1978)
First flight: 1952 (produced 1953 > 1981)
First flight: 1956 (still in production)
First flight: 1960 (produced 1961 > 1985)
military variant: U-17
First flight: 1965 (produced 1966 > 1983)
Light agricultural
also
188 AGpickup, AGtruck, and AGhusky
First flight: 1945 (produced 1947 > 1954)
(military variant: LC-126 and U-20)
First flight: 1962 (still in production)
Variants: Super Skywagon / Super Skylane / Skywagon (military U-26)
First flight: 1982 (still in production)
military variant: U-27
First flight: 1957 (produced 1957 > 1986)
First flight: 1978 (produced 1982 > 1986)
First flight: 1949
liaison / observation tandem version of the 170
First flight: 1953 (produced 1954 > 1980)
military variant: L-27 / U-3
First flight: 1954 (produced 1955 > 1975)
military trainer
First flight: 1963 (produced 1963 > 1975)
US light attack aircraft introduced during the Vietnam War developed from T-37 Tweet basic trainer
First flight: 1953 (produced 1954 > 1980)
Enlarged version of 310
Redesigned version for USMC
Agricultural variant of the Model 305 with spraybars and hopper (only 4 built)
First flight: 1961 (produced 1963 > 1982)
(military variant: O-2 Skymaster)
Un-pressurised version of 340
First flight: 1961 (produced 1972 > 1984)
Pressurised business aircraft developed from Cessna 310
First flight: 1996 (produced 2000–2010)
single-engine, fixed-gear, low-wing general aviation aircraft formerly built by Columbia Aircraft as the Columbia 350
First flight: 2000 (produced 2004–2018)
single-engine, fixed-gear, low-wing general aviation aircraft formerly built by Columbia Aircraft as the Columbia 400
TTx Model T240
First flight: 1965 (produced 1966 > 1985)
Corporate transport / cargo
First flight: 1975 (produced 1976 > 1982)
(military C-28)
First flight: 1983 (produced 1983 > 2013)
First flight: 2020 (still in production)
First flight: 1962 (produced 1962 > 1968)
Light passenger / cargo
First flight: 1968 (produced 1968 > 1985)
twin engine light transport
First flight: 1965 (produced 1967 > 1985)
Light transport
First flight: 1978 (produced 1980 > 1986)
8 seat pressurised utility turboprop
First flight: 1977 (produced 1977 > 1986)
First flight: 1969 (produced 1971 > 1985)
First flight: 2006 (produced 2006 > 2017)
First flight: 1991
First flight: 1977 (produced 1978 > 2006)
Citation II
Citation II
Citation Bravo
Citation Bravo
551 Citation IISP
552 (military T-47A)
First flight: 1969 (produced 1989 > 2011)
(military designation UC-35)
Citation Ultra
UC-35A1 (Citation Ultra)
UC-35D (Citation Encore)
First flight: 1996 (still in production)
First flight: III: 1979 (produced 1983 > 2000)
Also Citation VI (low-cost derivative) and Citation VII (upgrade)
First flight: 2002 (produced 2004 > 2021)
First flight: 2014 (still in production)
First flight: 1993 (produced 1996 > 2018)