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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
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.....