En le etat en l état The unique hexagonal shape of the Citation's Sales and Service Center provides design convenience for customers and an unobstructed work area for service personnel.Citations
Ahead
for FAA
Of
Here's latest progress report as Cessna fan jet nears first deliveries
aviation managers and pilots informed
By TOM ASHLEY
T
*HE new 6-8-place 400-mph.
Cessna
Citation fan jet
twin for business flying has completed most of its tests and is scheduled for
FAR 25 Transport Category certification in August with first customer deliveries in September three months ahead of schedule.
We can promise one distinction for the Citation even before the first production aircraft enters final assembly this month and rolls from the factory door next month on April 29 - the Citation will be the most thoroughly and completely understood bizjet ever
amenacedented all_
throughout the Citation's step-by-step development, certification and produc-
lest status and we still don't under.
tion start-up.
stand how Cessna managed to shake
We attended the latest Citation
loose one or the other from the on.
seminar for company pilots in Febru-
rushing test-flight schedule to give an
ary. It was three days of thorough-
seminar participants a hop. But they
going briefing and updating by Cessna,
did and recipients of the favor were
Pratt & Whitney, American Airlines,
impressed, despite the need for ex.
RCA and Bendix experts covering not
pediting the up-and-down schedule to
only the Citation concept but its sys-
accommodate as many as possible
tems and their operation, service sup-
What impressed them: (1) the Cit ton's relatively simple and conve
port, pilot and mechanic training
tional flight characteristics, (2) eng
and avionics/ flight director-autopilot
quietness both inside and outside
equipment.
capabilities
aircraft, and (3) honest perform.
Capping it all was a hop in the
including
take-of
Citation for seminar participants.
landing within 3,000 ft. of ru length.
rate ofWe can promise one disucces the Citation even before the first production aircraft enters final assembly this month and rolls from the factory door next month on April 29
Citation will be the most thoroughly and completely understood bizjet ever marketed thanks to unprecedented all-out efforts by Cessna to keep business
Cessna Citation 500 Jet Twin
FLIGHT Magaxine Compilation from Factory Data, 2/4/71
FAA certification expected August, 1971, gory
requirements.
Powered by
Whitney
turbofan engines, each rated at 2,200 lbs. thrust for take-off.
$695,000
Price, equipped incl. avionics
7-8
No. Seats, std.-optional, incl. 2 crew
9/71
First Deliveries Available
Weights, Ibs.
Max Ramp
Gross
10,500
Max Take-Off Gross
10,350
Max Landing Wt.
9,900
Max Zero Fuel Wt.
7.900
App. Dry Empty We, incl. 348-Ib. std. avionics plg.
5,804
Manufacturer's Empty Wt.
5,456
Useful Ld. (10.350 minus 5,804)
4,546
Useful % of Gross
43.9
Fuel Capacity, Ibs.-gals.
....3,586-534
Cruise Speed, kts.-mph. @ alt.
......348.400 @ 25M
Stall Speed, landing @ 9,900 lbs., kts.-mph. .............
80-92
Limit SpeedsBIke
from the
and avionies.
"cluding
s month and rolls
the
r next month on
April 29
ion will be the most thoroughly equipment.
Capping it all was a hop in the landing within
3,000
take-off
of
ft.
length,
and
ompletely understood bizjet ever
for seminar participants.
climb
Citation
of runway
ted thanks to unprecedented all-
There are only two Citations on flight
3,000 fpm. and case of attainingan
of more than
arts by Cessna to keep business
Take-Off Runway
• Length,
Cessna Citation 500 Jet Twin
Balanced Field
Length per FAR 25, ft
@ 7,800 lbs..
HT Magazine Compilation 1
from Factory Data, 2/4/71
Landing Runway Length,
2,950
1971,
under
FAR 25.
August,
Whitney
(UAI
Landing Runway Length, per FAR 25,
TAToR
tion expected
Pratt
Est. Landing Dist.
Over 50
Obst.
6900 Ibs.
take-off.
FAA Field Length per FAR 25,
2,250
Powers
ach rated at 2.200 lbs.
thrust tor
. $695,000
ed incl. avionics
7.8
Est. Rate of Climb, fpm.
2,53g
- optional, incl.
Cren
9/71
Max Certificated Altitude, fr.
3,350
Available
Cabin Dimensions
10,500
Length Between Pressure Bikds., ft.-ins.
35M
10,350
055
Cockpit Length, ins.
Length, ins.
17-6
9,900
Psgr.
Compt.
Gross
7,900
Main Bagg.
Compt. Length,
Fine
59.2
106.8
S:
Vt., incl. 348-Ib. std. avionics pkg.
5,804
Width, ins.
5,456
Height, ins
46.2
pry Wt.
4,546
Cabin Door, Hr.-Bottom Width-Top Width, ins.
59.2
52.0
Minus 5,804)
43.9
Windows, Ht.-Width, ins.
50.7-23.5-197
Cabin Press.
Diff., psi.
5, 6,000-f. cabin at 30M #.
15-11
....3,586-534
SL cabin to 18,500 ft.
@ alt.
.348-400 @ 25M
8,000-ft.
cabin at 35M
7.6
80-92
Air Conditioning
,900 lbs., kts.-mph.
Wing Area, sq. ft.
Bleed Air Cycle
260-299
Wing Loading, Ibs. sq. ft
260
5, are rips.
287-330
Power Loading, Ibs. Ib. th
39.8
0.70
. and above
Wing Span, ft.-ins.
2.35
egs., CAS, kts.-mph.
200-230
Overall Length, ft.-ins.
43-9
174-200
sh.
Overall Height, ft.-ins.
landing Gear Tread, Wheel Base, ft
43-6
14.4
19 4indicated air speed of 212 kts. for a
true
air speed of 335 kts. or 390 mph.
Fuel flow for both engines totalled about 960 lbs.
or 144 gals. per hour.
For our landing, approach speed was 120 kts.
and we were over the fence
at 100 kts. with on-speed of 82 kts.
This kind of performance was designed into the Citation to fill an important gap in the business aircraft market separating turboprop twins and jet twins. Rather than compete with
the
250-340-mph. turboprop twins at the lower end of the scale or with the
500-mph. or so jets at the top, the Citation is intended by Cessna to outperform the turboprops with its 400-mph. cruise, provide a quieter, vibra-tion-free, more comfortable cabin than propeller-powered aircraft can offer, and operate from shorter fields than the jets so that more airports will be open to Citations than to other bizjets.
Market Acceptance Predicted
Mara turbine pilots than we ex-CESSNA JET
James E. Colburn,
sales manavers shown above and
Gen. Sales Manager Lockheed JetStar prosram.
Pinkson a N.
tion is priced at $695,000 equipped in-
Autopilot Control Compute
cluding a 348 avionics package with
(endix FOS-10)
radar and autopilot/flight guidance
Transponder (RCA
AvOR
system and this price also includes
ADF (King KIDF-800
crew training by American Airlines
The Citation's
*complete
and computerized maintenance pro- complete program"
совсер
aram the Citation will also be avail- of two elements
(1)
able without avionics but Cessna ex- package with (a)
pects more than 90% of its sales will and (b) standard in serio sand
he with factory-installed avionics).
complete program
mechanic train
Standard Avionics Package
The 348-16, factory-installed avi- maintenance.
onics package includes latest state-of- and (d) service the-art equipment itemized as follows:
James B. Tay
RMI (dual RCA AVI-200).
dent for Comme
Comm (dual side-by-side RCA
itemizes savings of tha
AVC-110).
age concept wh ich
Nav (dual side-by-side RCA AVN- along to the
custo
220).
1. Eliminates
Audio (Avech).
avionics and in
Compass Coupler (Bendix CB-70)
2
Standardsystem and this
OLIV
crew training by American Airlines and computerized maintenance program (the Citation will also be available without avionics but Cessna expects more than 90% of its sales will be with factory-installed avionics).
Standard Avionics Package
The 348-1b. factory-installed avionics package includes latest state-of-the-art equipment itemized as follows:
RMI (dual RCA AVI-200).
Comm (dual side-by-side RCA
AVC-110).
Nav (dual side-by-side RCA AVN-
220).
Audio (Avtech).
Compass Coupler (Bendix CB-70).
Inverters (dual Flite-Tronics
PC-17-3).
Flight Director Computer (Bendix
FGS-70).
TUASLASTRig
with identical longevity
All composents will be a convenience the customer.
4, Standardization panels avionics will undoubtedly
and lead 10
lower insurance rates.
3, Flight training exclusively by the
American Airlines Flight Academy should also lead to better waining at
6. Computerized maintenance willCITATION 'CONVINCER' is full-scale cabin mock-up and sales room in si contained truck trailer, now on a 10,000-mile demonstration tour through the I and Canada. It will be seen at numerous business and aviation shows and ventions this Spring and Summer.the mice s
vice and
support at lower cost and Cessna's technical service reps and mechanics will be more efficient and effective.
Taylor will install three Citation jet service centers- -one each on the East and West Coasts and the third at
Wichita - and there will be FBO service centers in addition to the factory centers. The $800,000 Wichita center has been built and was dedicated in ceremonies last month. Regional Cessna Citation field reps will maintain contact with owners of the jet. One of numerous support services
TEC power kant dilatages."f rental All of the service and support activities will be keyed into the "Ces-com" computerized maintenance program as an aid to customer girdraftCalled a "researchoksireah, uhin Gessna XMC pusher is smaller
than a Cessna 150
person looks down upon the swept wing. It is a "flying platform sWhich Cessna will iry numerous design ideas.
standing beside the cabin, the average-size
ESSNA Aircraft Company recently released pictures
of a small research aircraft it calls the XMC but divulged very few de-
CESSNA
rails and then declined to let factory visitors have a look at the little airplane or discuss it further. Why announce it at all if nothing more could
RESEARCH
be released? Cessna says they can't effectively hide an airplane once it begins flying and identifying the little
PUSHER
twin-boom pusher now serves to halt rumors and inaccuracies. It is also believed
Cessna was prompted by
word that Beech Aircraft also has been considering a small two-place design and release of the XMC pictures could score a beat over a possible Beech move.
Why the designation of XMC? Del Roskam, Cessna president, explains it this way: "Internally, we have been way the new design as Cessna's cided to name this tested aircraft the XMC, which stands for 'Experimental Magic Carpet.'
"General aviation's growth during the 1970's will bring about more changes in aircraft design than during any previous decade. We expect the XMC to help Cessna offer customers new design concepts for better air transportation, easier flying and more
fun.
employs new construction concepts.
materials and techniques. The XMC is also a test of multi-use airframe in-gredients. Both major assemblies and component parts are designed around the multi-use philosophy.
"The XMC is a first for Cessna.
Our designers, looking for new ways to keep pace with the future, hav conceived the company's first "applis research' test platform to try D
¡deas."
Roskam said the pilot sits ahea the wing and the XMC's wing swept to yield much greater vis in the turn. With the engine 1 behind, over-the-nose visibility cellent.
Many sizes and types of pe
"tried on" an engineering which preceded the XMC design philosophies have with the mockup includin
with large deided to name this testbed aireraft the
XMC. which stands for 'Experimental
Magie Carpet.'
*General aviation's growth during the 1970's will bring about more changes in aireraft design than during any previous decade. We expect the XMC to help Cessna offer customers new design concepts for better air transportation, easier flying and more fun.
"The XMC features an engine mounted at the rear of the cabin andThe new Cessna Citation.
lands and takes off from 828 airports where no other corporate jet can.
At $695,000 complete, this meticulously designed 8-place jet offers many advantages over corporate jets costing a million dollars and more.at your disposal 24 hours a day.
Maintenance will be computerized; well notify you beforehand when your Citation needs parts replaced and servicing.
The warranties on your Citation will be the longest offered by any corporate jet today.
4. QUIETEST JET OF ALL.
Three engine parts make a jet shriek: inlet guide vanes, axial compressors and stators.
The Citation doesn't have any inlet guide vanes, only one compressor and one set of stators.
You could be standing near to the Citation's takeoff point and still carry on a conversation in normal tones.1. THE DOOR-TO- DOOR JET.
The Citation can take off and climb to 35 feet in less distance than any other corporate jet: only 2950 feet. And that's at maximum gross weight - with a full load of fuel, baggage and passengers.
Overnight, the Citation turns 828 airports into jetports. It can fly you directly to hundreds of airports where the runways are too short for all other corporate jets.
It can save you time by flying you into smaller fields located closer to major business districts. Chicago alone has seven such fields, all closer than O' Hare.
And when the Citation does use maior jetports it can get in and out of them faster simply by using the shorter runways where bigger jets aren't allowed
