Cessna Aircraft Co. today celebrated the rollout of the first production unit of the Citation CJ3+ at the company’s manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kan. The new aircraft was first announced on March 20 of this year, and it is expected to receive FAA certification during the second half of the year. “Today’s rollout occurred just […]
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Cessna Citation Latitude issued Type Inspection Authorization by FAA
Cessna Aircraft Co. reports the FAA has grants Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) for the new Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet. The TIA for the Citation Latitude is a significant step toward certification as it allows Cessna to begin accumulating flight hours that will apply toward official certification, company officials explain. More than 60 flights and […]
Phillips 66 Aviation joins Citation Special Olympics Airlift
HOUSTON – Phillips 66 Aviation is joining Cessna Aircraft Co. to support the 2014 Citation Special Olympics Airlift (CSOA) and the efforts of volunteer pilots to transport Special Olympics athletes to the 2014 USA Games in New Jersey in June. Phillips 66 Aviation is the official fuel of the 2014 Citation Special Olympics Airlift. “Phillips 66 Aviation […]
Embry-Riddle inks deal for new Cessnas
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Cessna Aircraft Co. have signed a long-term purchase agreement that includes the delivery of 29 Cessna Skyhawk model 172S aircraft this year and 28 next year to upgrade the school’s current Skyhawk flight-training fleet at its campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz. “The Skyhawk is the workhorse of our […]
Cessna celebrates 100th Grand Caravan EX delivery
Cessna is celebrating the milestone delivery of the 100th Cessna Grand Caravan EX. The aircraft has been delivered to Hussain Ali Rashid Almoalla for use at his aviation club in the United Arab Emirates. Almoalla, who also owns a Cessna Skylane and Cessna Stationair, flew the Cessna Grand Caravan EX back to his home base […]
Hartzell’s Bantam propeller approved for diesel-Powered Skyhawks
The FAA has awarded Hartzell Propeller a Supplemental Type Certificate to install the company’s recently type certified high performance Bantam series three-blade propeller on diesel-powered Cessna Skyhawk aircraft. The Hartzell Bantam propeller series are small, lightweight two and three blade propellers with a thin, wide chord and swept high performance airfoils, according to company officials. […]
Cessna Citation fleet passes 30 million flight hours
Cessna reports that the fleet of Citation Jets is passing the 30 million flight hour mark. More than 6,600 Citations have been delivered to customers around the world since the first Cessna Citation business jet was put into service more than 42 years ago. Cessna recently celebrated a number of milestones, including the certification of […]
How a ghost doomed the Skycatcher
In a new blog post, Flying magazine’s Robert Goyer says that the Cessna Skycatcher failed because it was overly sensitive to wind, had a “Made in China” label that infuriated the American marketplace, plus a high price tag. Once the price was raised to $150,000, “the price was too high for what you got, and what […]
BRS for Cessna 182 offers useful load increase
SOUTH SAINT PAUL, Minn. — BRS Aerospace, manufacturer of whole aircraft parachute systems, recently reported that Cessna 182P and Q model owners who install a BRS system will gain a 160-pound gross weight increase. The BRS is STC approved for the Cessna 172 and 182 models. This new iteration of the BRS will increase the net […]