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Archive Home > 2007 > September > 25 > Cessna out front to buy Columbia, officials say

Cessna out front to buy Columbia, officials say

Bend aviation firm first will restructure; what it all means for workers is unclear

By Anna Sowa / The Bulletin
September 25, 2007

Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. in Bend filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday and announced it has reached an agreement to sell to Wichita, Kan.-based Cessna Aircraft Co., the country's largest maker of general aviation airplanes, according to officials from Columbia and Cessna.

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