Cessna

"You can either go to Vegas, or you can go to The Hacienda," is what got this world-record-setting idea off the ground and into the air for a couple of months. Yep, I said months.

The future of aviation is looking a little greener today with a nine-seat Cessna aircraft fitted out with an all electric propulsion system successfully completing its first flight, marking the maiden voyage for the world’s largest electric aircraft.

Maker Anthony DiPilato recently challenged himself to build a remote-controlled aircraft tug that could pull a Cessna 310 for under a thousand bucks. After a few iterations, and a handful of failures along the way, the iPhone-controlled Aircraft Tug was born.

Even before it received FAA type certification, Cessna's Citation X+ had claimed the title of the world's fastest civilian aircraft. After receiving certification in June, the aircraft has continued its record-setting ways with a number of US city-to-city speed records.

On its way to certification, Cessna's Citation X recently wound up all high-speed certification flights with the FAA, which confirmed the aircraft as the fastest civilian aircraft in the world.

The first production "new Citation X" has rolled out the hangar doors at Cessna's Wichita, Kansas, manufacturing facility.

The Cessna Aircraft company has unveiled the first single-engine prop plane to burn Jet A aviation fuel.

Cessna has announced production of its Corvalis TTX, claimed to be the world's fastest - and furthest-flying - fixed-gear aircraft.

Cessna reports the successful first flight of its Citation Ten prototype this week keeps the aircraft on track for FAA certification in mid-2013 with deliveries due to commence from the second half of 2013.