Aiming to retake the title of fastest bizjet and breathe new life into an airplane that, while still fast, is showing its age, Cessna announced an all new flagship, the Citation Ten, the new version of which will now be spelled out in a way that eliminates 20 years of confusion in the general media over just how to interpret what we all know is the Roman numeral X.
At its NBAA press conference, Cessna threw down the gauntlet for fastest bizjet, challenging the claims that Gulfstream’s new G650 would be faster. The new airplane, Cessna head Jack Pelton said, would be faster. In a game of friendly one-upmanship among industry leaders who know each other well, the question of who is fastest took on a playfully competitive tone. When asked just how fast, he said that he would share that information only after Gulfstream had laid their claim to the title. The two airplanes do not compete.
