Today’s Top AircraftForSale.com Pick: Cessna TTx, the ‘Other Cirrus’?

This discontinued aircraft model can be a great value for shoppers seeking speed.

Jonathan Welsh

Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 05:25 PM ET

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2013 Cessna TTx T240 [Courtesy: Aircraft For Sale by FLYING]

Key Takeaways:

The Cessna TTx, though often mistaken for a Cirrus, traces its lineage from the Lancair ES kitplane and was acquired by Cessna to compete in that market.
Despite offering appealing features and being faster than comparable Cirrus models, the TTx did not achieve widespread success and production ceased in 2018.
On the used market, the discontinued TTx offers a good value as a speedy, high-tech composite aircraft capable of over 200 knots, often at a lower cost than a Cirrus.

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The Cessna TTx is the airplane that your nonpilot friends—and perhaps some of the pilots too—mistake for a Cirrus.

While there are similarities, the differences have more to do with how the TTx’s story played out. The Cessna traces its genetics to the Lancair ES kitplane, which developed into the Columbia 300 before Cessna acquired the design in 2007 to compete with the hot-selling Cirrus. The TTx never really caught on, though, and Cessna ceased production in 2018.