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SHORTLY AFTER reporting an improving economic picture and a reduction in losses for the first quarter, Cessna Aircraft Company recalled 150 workers as Hawker Beechcraft laid off 350. Piper Aircraft also reported better financial numbers, with a 20 percent increase in revenue. Hawker Beechcraft is operating normally under Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules.Cessna won a year-long beauty contest with other large manufacturers, all of whom wanted to be China’s pick for partnering. China officials finally signed an agreement with Cessna in April. Revenues at Cessna increased $113 million. The segment loss of $6 million was an improvement of $32 million, primarily because of the higher volumes. Cessna’s backlog at the end of the first quarter was $1.7 billion, down $167 million from the end of 2011. Bell revenues increased $245 million in the first quarter compared to the same period the previous year.

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