Textron Aviation

After more than five years of development, the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A with next-generation Garmin G1000 NXi avionics, clearing the way for deliveries to customers in the United States and Europe. Manufacturer Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas said the new model, equipped with the Continental […]

Earlier this year, Textron Aviation CEO Scott Donnelly told investors that the company would be scaling back on the production of certain legacy aircraft due to a lack of demand. Last week, the scaling down began with the announcement that the final Cessna Citation Mustang had rolled off the assembly line in Wichita, Kansas, and […]

Purdue Aviation is set to receive the first jet-A-burning diesel Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A, which it plans to take delivery of as soon as the airplane receives its FAA certification, expected later this year. The Skyhawk JT-A is powered by a four-cylinder Continental CD-155 compression ignition engine mated to a three-blade MT Propeller composite prop. […]

Simplifying the aircraft building and buying process, Textron Aviation has launched a virtual design program that allows prospective owners of the Cessna TTx to create and order their aircraft online. The TTx configurator gives buyers a snapshot of the aircraft they’re purchasing with custom selections such as exterior striping schemes, colors, interior design, avionics and […]

On Monday, Textron Aviation announced that the third aircraft in the Cessna Citation Longitude flight test program completed its debut flight, and the company is certainly pleased with the results. Only six months have passed since the first Longitude completed its inaugural flight, but the latest test airplane’s successful one-hour and 40-minute trip aloft is […]

Textron Aviation announced this week that it has achieved steep approach certification for two of its Cessna Citation products — the Sovereign+ and Latitude. Both the FAA and EASA have signed off on the certification, which allows the midsize jets to fly approaches as steep as 6.65 degrees. A typical approach path angle is 3 […]

One of the more popular selling points for most drones is that should something sever the communications link between the aircraft and the pilot or ground command, the machine knows the way home and normally returns automatically … except of course when it doesn’t, as the U.S. Army experienced in late January. An Army Shadow […]

Textron Aviation, maker of Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft, announced this week it will invest in the future of aviation with a $100,000 donation to Kansas State University’s College of Engineering. The Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer’s gift is aimed specifically at supporting women engineering students. “Textron Aviation is committed to developing the next generation of STEM professionals,” […]

Textron Aviation this week announced its Cessna Pilot Center network experienced record growth in 2016. The CPC network formed 24 new partnerships last year, including five international flight schools in Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Canada and Poland, which will use the Cessna Skyhawk 172 in their training programs. “Our commitment to supporting new pilot education and […]

If you’re looking for high-speed 4G Wi-Fi in your business airplane, you shouldn’t have to wait too much longer. Several companies are working on STCs for Gogo Business Aviation’s recently announced 4G service, which is expected to be available soon. Gogo expects its 4G service to deliver more reliable connectivity over the continental U.S. at […]