WICHITA, Kan., September 5, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today it received type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for the Cessna Citation CJ3+. Certification, awarded Thursday, comes less than six months after the company introduced the new model in March. […]
WICHITA, Kan., June 26, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has earned Federal Aviation Administration type certification of the new Citation X+ mid-size business jet, the world’s fastest civil aircraft. Deliveries commenced immediately with the company celebrating the first delivery to […]
WICHITA, Kan., June 18, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that it has started full assembly line flow on the Citation Latitude midsize business jet at its manufacturing facilities in Wichita, Kan. The assembly of the Latitude features a variety of technological advancements […]
WICHITA, Kan., May 29, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, part of the Textron Aviation segment of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), 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 […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, part of the Textron Aviation segment of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced today at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) recent milestones in the certification program of the new Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Type […]
SANDPOINT, ID June 6, 2013 – Tamarack Aerospace Group announced today that it has set a new unofficial world record with its Cessna 525 Citation Jet equipped with its Active Winglet™ Technology. The non-stop flight took place between Sandpoint Airport in Sandpoint, ID (KSZT) and the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY (KHPN). The […]
WICHITA, Kan., Sep 26, 2013 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is today celebrating the successful completion of the wing mate on the Citation Latitude first test article. This achievement is another program milestone for the Latitude as it approaches its first prototype flight expected in the first quarter of 2014. The […]
WICHITA, Kan., Aug 1, 2013 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is celebrating another program milestone for the world’s fastest civilian aircraft, the Citation X. The first production unit of the new Citation X took its maiden flight this week, marking another step closer to certification and delivery of the remarkable […]
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Aug 01, 2013– Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is celebrating the first production unit of the Citation M2, Cessna’s newest business jet, exiting the company’s manufacturing facility in Independence, Kansas. Deliveries of the M2 are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2013. “Seeing the M2 roll off the […]
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., July 1, 2013- Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company last week delivered the first production units of the Cessna TTx to customers following a ceremony at the Cessna facility in Independence, Kan. The TTx holds the distinction of being the world’s fastest commercially produced and certified fixed-gear single engine aircraft. […]