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More than eight decades ago, a small aircraft company started in Wichita, Kan., to do what
others said could not be done to build a monoplane that used a wing without supporting
struts or braces. When the Cessna All Purpose took off August 13, 1927, the aviation world
was forever changed. In fact, Clyde Cessna’s cantilever design has been the standard ever
since.