Clyde V. Cessna

CLYDE V. CESSNA
1879-1954

Courtesy of
Michael McVey
Members' Photo Gallery 6

NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME
To visit his entry on this site, first click on National Aviation Hall of Fame to go to the homepage. Next, highlight and click on "Enshrinees List" at the lower left corner of the page. You will find an alphabetical listing of all enshrinees on this page. Then highlight and click on his name.
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ONLINE RESOURCES Using the Google search engine on "Clyde Cessna", (11-22-06), you will find about 11,000 links. Some are very brief, some are extensive. You might want to use an advanced form of the search such as: "Clyde Cessna" +aviation. That form results in about 867 links.

Clyde Cessna's Silverwing      This website, which was assembled by John Stewart, offers a fascinating description of Cessna's first airplane:

"Clyde Cessna purchased his Queen monoplane in February 1911, because of its color, he named it "Silverwing". The Silverwing was powered by a four cylinder Elbridge engine."

     It includes a beautiful postcard photo of his plane as it flew in Enid, Oklahoma in 1911. You will also find a link to a letter which Will D. Parker wrote to Carl E. DeLong, son of George E. DeLong in 1963 You can access that page by clicking on the title above.
     If time permits, I heartily recommend that you visit the homepage of John's website and take advantage of the many other features which he offers.

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