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Though Tamarack Aerospace Group, based in Sand Point, Idaho, emphasized that it was quoting “… preliminary results that we’ve seen with our prototype airplane …” a blog on the company website still had something to crow about. On a 1,100-nm flight from Dallas (KDAL) to Jackson Hole, Wyoming (KJAC), the TAG CitationJet equipped with the […]

The business jet was substantially damaged at about 2234 Central time during recovery from an in-flight upset. The two pilots and four passengers were not injured. Night instrument conditions prevailed. While climbing through approximately 7000 feet msl with the autopilot engaged, the pilots stated the left-side attitude indicator became inoperative and the autopilot rolled the aircraft into an unusual attitude. The pilot disengaged the autopilot and recovered the aircraft to level flight, primarily by referencing the turn needle and directional gyro. Both wings were substantially damaged by aerodynamic forces during the recovery maneuver.

Announced just last spring, the latest version of Cessna’s venerable 525 CitationJet lineup, the M2 model, is already making its way down the production line at the company’s Independence, Kansas, factory. The new model features Garmin G3000 avionics, a completely updated interior scheme and Williams FJ44 turbofan engines producing nearly 2,000 pounds of thrust apiece. […]

At about 1145 Eastern time, the airplane was substantially damaged during collision with a deer. The airplane, which was registered to the U.S. Customs Service, was consumed by post-crash fire. The two airline transport pilots were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed for the post-maintenance test flight.

Amateur video shot over the weekend captured the dramatic overrun of a Cessna CJ3 trying to land on Runway 35R at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport in Brazil. As shown in the footage, the Citation bounced upon reaching the end of the runway before coming to a crashing halt on the perimeter wall that encircles the airport. […]

Cessna Aircraft said it has received an order from AirSprint Private Aviation of Calgary, Alberta, for nine** Citation CJ2+** business jets in a deal valued at more than $60 million at list prices. AirSprint is a Canadian fractional ownership provider that is seeking to become a major player in the industry by expanding operations across North […]

Cessna last week announced a new, unofficial speed record that would allow the up-and-coming Citation Ten to snag the coveted position of the world’s fastest civilian aircraft, if the numbers pan out during certification of the jet. Cessna says the new Citation Ten can now reach a high speed of Mach 0.935, which would give […]

Cessna’s new Citation Latitude has extended its legs with a new range that maxes out at 2,500 nautical miles, bringing a 25 percent increase to its initial expected range of 2,000 nm. The announcement was made last week at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition, and comes after a previous extension of the […]

Cessna just unveiled its long-range Citation Longitude, to be powered by French engines and equipped with Garmin avionics.

On a remarkably newsworthy opening day at European business aviation show Ebace, Cessna unveiled a clean-sheet, long-range design, the Citation Longitude. The airplane, which the company plans to certify by 2017, will feature the same clean-sheet fuselage cross section as the smaller Latitude, which Cessna launched last fall. The new airplane will be much larger […]