Cessna Aircraft Company has announced the completion of all high-speed certification flights with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Citation X, the company’s new long-range medium business jet aircraft.
According to Cessna, this development marks the conclusion of all testing requirements required to validate the business jet’s maximum operating speed of Mach 0.935, making Citation X the fastest civilian aircraft in the world.
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Cessna Engineering senior vice-president Michael Thacker said that the high-speed testing of the new Citation X had been a success.
"All responses from the high-speed certification testing were well within the expected performance envelope," Thacker said.
"While these are the results our engineers fully anticipated, this final round of testing went so smoothly the conditions were completed in fewer flights and hours than planned."
The high-speed testing includes handling qualities, stability and control, along with maneuverability conditions.
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By GlobalDataMore than 1,300 hours have been flown in the Citation X testing programme in preparation for certification, which is expected in the early 2014.
Cessna’s Citation X aircraft, which has a range of 3,242nm, is capable of accommodating nine people, and features Garmin G5000 avionics package.
Powered by Rolls-Royce AE3007C2 turbo fan engines, the aircraft has the ability to fly above weather patterns and commercial traffic with maximum altitude is 51,000ft.
Its updated, ergonomic cockpit is equipped with four intuitive, full-colour touchscreen LCD control panels and three 14in high-resolution displays.
Image: Cessna’s Citation X aircraft is capable of accommodating nine people, and features Garmin G5000 avionics package. Photo: courtesy of Cessna Aircraft Company.
