The FAA cleared the way for deliveries of the ultra-fast Cessna Citation X+ this week after it granted certification to the speedy midsize bizjet.
With a top speed of Mach 0.935 (536 ktas), the Citation X+ has now displaced the Gulfstream G650 — which has a max speed of Mach 0.925 — as the world’s fastest civil aircraft. The move puts Cessna back in front in the speed race, a position it held previously with the original Mach 0.92 Cessna X before it was upended by the G650 in 2012.
