Cessna Aircraft Company has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for its flight instructor safety stand down, a first for any aircraft original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
Cessna Aircraft Company completed wing/fuselage mate of Citation CJ4 serial number 003. The new Citation CJ4, the latest in the popular CJ series, will enter service in 2010.
Cessna Aircraft Company announced it has delivered the 200th Citation Mustang, with the aircraft going to Maritime Air Charters. The event was marked with a brief ceremony at Cessna's Independence, Kan., facility.
Jack J. Pelton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cessna Aircraft Company told aviation insurance professionals the key to quality and safety in the general aviation industry is "doing what is right, whether or not it's a mandate."
A Cessna Citation XLS landed and took off earlier this year at Qamdo Bangda Airport (BPX/ZUBD) in Tibet, demonstrating the aircraft's capability to operate at the world's highest airport at 14,219 feet (4,334 meters).
