In the early 1990s, the general aviation industry was struggling to keep pace. Companies were going bankrupt left and right, and it seemed like prices for single engine aircraft were not going down. The cost of production and over-stocking took a major toll on single engine aircraft.
As a result in 1994, NASA created a program called the Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) project to bring all-new certified general aviation aircraft into the industry.
The winning design of the AGATE program was a Lancair ES with an upgraded advanced avionics kit and more powerful cruise speed. In 1998, after much improvement and design tweaking, the Lancair ES became the first Columbia model, coined the Columbia 300. Sales were so successful that the eventual renaming of the Lancair Certified aircraft manufacturing company took place in 2005. Lancair Certified became Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation.
Three models of the Columbia aircraft were eventually produced: Columbia 300, Columbia 350 and the Columbia 400. Both the Columbia 350 and 400 were produced under the auspices of the Cessna Aircraft company, which took ownership of Columbia in 2007. The original Columbia company went into bankruptcy, outcompeted by Cirrus and other comparable single engine aircraft.
Today’s Columbia models on the market are great single engine aircraft with proven service records. Many new pilots will enjoy the superior handling of the Columbia-series models (also known as Cessna 350 and Cessna 400). Better yet, these models come packed with 300+ horsepower engines that are responsive, easily maintained and fine tuned like any other Cessna model.
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