Cessna Aircraft Company is one of the most notable aircraft manufacturers in the world. Along with Beechcraft and Piper Aircraft Company, it is considered to be one of the Big Three of General Aviation. Since it was founded nearly 100 years ago, Cessna has taken the world by storm with its familiar piston-powered, single-engine, high-wing light aircraft, which have become some of the most-produced aircraft in the world, like the Cessna 172 Skyhawk.