Cessna has resumed production of the Model 350 Corvalis and 400 Corvalis TT models, albeit at Indepedence, Kansas, rather than their former home of Bend, Oregon.
Cessna closed the former Columbia Aircraft facility at Bend where the models were produced in April due to the global financial crisis hitting demand for the high performance composite Corvalis models, with production planned to resume at Cessna’s piston production facilities in Kansas. Under the new arrangement, the aircraft’s composite structure will be made in Mexico, with final assembly at Independence.
This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
To unlock all Australian Aviation magazine content and again unlimited access to our daily news and features, become a member today!
A monthly membership is only $5.99 or save with our annual plans.
PRINT
See benefits
- Australian Aviation quarterly print & digital magazines
- Access to In Focus reports every month on our website
MOST POPULAR
PRINT + DIGITAL
See benefits
- Unlimited access to all Australian Aviation digital content
- Access to the Australian Aviation app
- Australian Aviation quarterly print & digital magazines
- Access to In Focus reports every month on our website
- Access to our Behind the Lens photo galleries and other exclusive content
- Daily news updates via our email bulletin
DIGITAL
See benefits
- Unlimited access to all Australian Aviation digital content
- Access to the Australian Aviation app
- Australian Aviation quarterly print & digital magazines
- Access to In Focus reports every month on our website
- Access to our Behind the Lens photo galleries and other exclusive content
- Daily news updates via our email bulletin
Work on the first Kansas manufactured is expected to take six months, with the production initially being accommodated in Cessna’s paint facility at Independence ahead of a more permanent move by the end of the year alongside Cessna’s Mustang and single engine production lines.
Sources indicate that 24 Corvalises were delivered during the first half of 2009, representing half the number for the first half of last year. Nevertheless, Cessna expects that demand will pick up across its single engine lines during the year ahead.