Textron Aviation’s Flagship Longitude Receives FAA Type Certification

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 02:41 PM ET

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Textron Aviation’s CEO Ron Draper (R) receives the FAA type certification document from the FAA’s Paul (Vu) Nguyen, Acting Manager of the Wichita ACO Branch. Textron Aviation

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Textron Aviation, parent company of Cessna Aircraft, said yesterday that its new super-midsize business jet, the Citation Longitude, has received its type certification from the FAA. Agency type certification paves the way for deliveries of the new airplane to begin.