- Launched the world’s general aviation fleet starting in the 1920s
- Aircraft pioneers Clyde Cessna, Emile “Matty” Laird, Lloyd Stearman, Walter Beech, Al Mooney, and Bill Lear built manufacturing enterprises here.
- Despite losses in manufacturing jobs, it remains vital to aerospace production.
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