{"id":197988,"date":"2025-04-09T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/cessna-beechcraft-piper-general-aviation-manufacturers\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:00:15","slug":"the-big-three-of-general-aviation-cessna-piper-and-beechcraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=197988","title":{"rendered":"The Big Three Of General Aviation: Cessna, Piper, And Beechcraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The general aviation industry has existed for over 100 years. As defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), general aviation includes all civil aviation aircraft operations. This excludes commercial air transport, typically services flown by commercial airlines, and aerial work. Generally, general aviation<\/a> represents private transport and recreational flying, most of which consists of pilots flying themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These three manufacturers are the cornerstone of the general aircraft manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,2062,1260,1472,5218,416,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-beechcraft","category-cessna","category-general-aviation","category-piper","category-private-aviation","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t