biography
| name: |
Cessna, Clyde (Vernon)
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pronunciation:
[sesna]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1879–1954)
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| biography:
| Aviator, born in Hawthorne, Louisiana, USA. After developing a simply designed monoplane with the innovatory cantilever wing (1917), he partnered businessman Victor Roos and produced Cessna–Roos aircraft. Cessna became sole owner (1927) and founded the successful Cessna Aircraft Company, mass-producing modern, multi-purpose planes. |
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