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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 04 > Cessna after Bend

Cessna after Bend

The plane-maker’s local plant has closed, but work on the aircraft once built here goes on, in Kansas and Mexico

By Molly McMillin / The Bulletin
October 4, 2009

When Cessna Aircraft took over Columbia and its line of high-performance aircraft two years ago, officials knew they had to make some changes.

After all, Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Co. had gone bankrupt using the methods it had in place.

But until the aviation industry took a deep dive in....

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