Meanings
plural Cessnas
- A surname.
- An American aircraft manufacturer, founded by Clyde Cessna (1879–1954), now part of Textron Aviation.
That airplane would sell for $1.5 million or more if Cessna or Piper or Aero Commander were building it today
2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 18
plural Cessnas
- aeronauticsAn airplane of the Cessna brand.
John and I traveled together quite often […] sometimes we took John’s single-engine Cessna T210 and sometimes my twin-engine Cessna T310R
2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 141 more example
Three people who were onboard the twin-engine Cessna 310 when it crashed were killed, according to Michael LaSalle, assistant fire chief with Boca Raton Fire Rescue.
2025 April 11, Aaron Cooper and Rebekah Riess, “3 people killed after small plane crashes on busy Boca Raton street”, in CNN
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Cessna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cessna
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