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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 05 > Cessna’s Columbia purchase is official

Cessna’s Columbia purchase is official


December 5, 2007

Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. officially became the Cessna Bend Facility on Tuesday, when Wichita, Kan.-based Cessna Aircraft Co. closed on its purchase of the Bend maker of single-engine piston airplanes. Cessna posted the highest bid for Columbia, $26.4 million, at an auction in U.S.....

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