Cessna

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cessna (plural Cessnas)

  1. A surname.
  2. An American aircraft manufacturer, founded by Clyde Cessna
    • 2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 18:
      That airplane would sell for $1.5 million or more if Cessna or Piper or Aero Commander were building it today
  3. An airplane made by Cessna
    • 2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 14:
      John and I traveled together quite often […] sometimes we took John’s single-engine Cessna T210 and sometimes my twin-engine Cessna T310R
    • 2025 April 11, Aaron Cooper and Rebekah Riess, “3 people killed after small plane crashes on busy Boca Raton street”, in CNN‎[1]:
      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.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Cessna is the 12812nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2407 individuals. Cessna is most common among White (95.18%) individuals.

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