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Importance of Subject

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This article is about Dwane Wallace, the man who, in essence, created the highest-volume airplane manufacturer in the world -- Cessna Aircraft Company.

Most aviation industry historians specializing in general aviation, and familiar with the history of Cessna, credit Wallace -- not his uncle, the company founder, Clyde Cessna -- with this achievement.

Further, it was Wallace who spearheaded the Cessna philosophy of "a plane for every need" -- resulting in the most diverse line of aircraft of any major aircraft manufacturer on the planet.

~ Zxtxtxz (talk) 15:43, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

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This article has been carefully documented with links to online articles by the principal modern historian of Cessna, Edward H. Phillips, whose multiple books and magazine articles on the subject are widely quoted and cited in other books and publications about the company and its people.

However, it also includes thorough supporting documentation from other sources, notably the principal early historian of Cessna, Cessna administrative engineer Gerald Deneau, as well as other sources.

Finally, most of these paragraphs are also cited from Jeffrey Rodengen's huge, meticulously foonoted book on the company's history: The Legend of Cessna. Because that book is largely derived from the other sources cited here, it is considered (and used) as the supplemental reference of last resort. Further, apparent errors have been found in that book, making it viewed by this Wikipedia editor as somewhat less credible than the other sources -- none of which is likely to be perfect.

~ Zxtxtxz (talk) 15:43, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]