Cessna Aircraft Co. recently marked the grand opening of its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz. The company built a new 101,000-square-foot facility that includes 62,400 square feet of hangar space along with office and backshop areas. Cessna has developed 12 acres of its tract flanking three 10,000-foot […]
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Cessna delivers first retail XLS+
Cessna Aircraft Co. recently completed the first Citation XLS+ retail delivery to an undisclosed customer based on the East Coast. First announced in October 2006, the Citation XLS+ achieved FAA certification May 30. European Aviation Safety Agency certification is in process and expected to be complete in early 2009. Order book exceeds 200 for the […]
Banyan, Odyssey Aviation seal deal for SATCOM installation
Banyan Air Service and Odyssey Aviation Services have reached an agreement for Banyan to perform SATCOM installations on five Cessna Sovereigns in 2009. Odyssey will perform the acceptance inspections in Wichita at the Cessna Delivery Center, then the aircraft will be repositioned to Banyan’s Fort Lauderdale facility for the SATCOM installations. Based at Fort Lauderdale […]
STC for Clifford Development’s Citation 550 mod
The FAA has issued a final STC certificate to Clifford Development, which covers modification of the 550 and S550 Cessna Citation Series aircraft using Williams International FJ44-3A engines. This is the first STC issued to cover both Cessna Citation aircraft. It was issued with no operational limitations or restrictions. Certification flight tests document significant speed, […]
Crownair to unveil ‘Centurion Edition’ at AOPA Expo
Crownair Companies, a San Diego-based aviation maintenance and avionics company, will display its first Crownair “Centurion Edition” T210 at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association show in San Jose, Calif., Nov. 6-8. From spinner to tail cone, the upgraded 1977 planes features all new and state-of-the-art amenities, including a glass cockpit with Electronic Flight Instrument […]