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First Cessna Citation Mustang Demonstration Aircraft Takes Flight

Demonstrator aircraft Mustang flight successfully completes all scheduled functional flight checks two weeks ahead of schedule.

Cessna Aircraft Company's first production Citation Mustang assembled in Independence, Kan., serial number 0003, took flight today. The first flight was two weeks ahead of schedule. The flight lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes, and completed all scheduled functional flight checks.

Cessna is a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT). Textron Inc. is a $10 billion multi-industry company operating in 33 countries with approximately 37,000 employees in continuing operations. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO and Greenlee, among others.

Citation Mustang. What a difference a jet makes. Click Go for High resolution image. photo: Cessna

Serial number 0003 will enter service this December as Cessna's first Mustang demonstrator aircraft. It is the fourth Mustang produced, and the first one that will not be used for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight testing. Mustangs 0004 through 0015 are currently on the production line at Cessna's manufacturing facility in Independence, Kan.

The three Mustang airplanes dedicated to certification are the Mustang prototype and serial numbers 0001 and 0002. Certification flight hours on the three airplanes total more than 1,250 hours. FAA certification is expected later this year. The first Mustang customer delivery is scheduled for the first quarter of 2007.

The Citation Mustang program was announced at the 2002 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention. Cessna has orders for more than 240 Mustangs.

Citation Mustang is Cessna Aircraft Company's newest entry-level business jet. It's an entirely new kind of business jet. One that's designed - and priced - to bring the dream of jet ownership comfortably within reach of a whole new breed of upwardly eager operators.

Based on unit sales, Cessna Aircraft Company is the world's largest manufacturer of general aviation airplanes. In 2005, Cessna delivered 1,157 aircraft and reported revenues of about $3.5 billion. Since the company was originally established in 1927, more than 187,000 Cessna airplanes have been delivered to nearly every country in the world. The global fleet of more than 4,500 Citations is the largest fleet of business jets in the world.

New Citation aircraft are customized to meet each purchaser's preferences with respect to interior appointments, avionics, and other optional equipment. Thus, final aircraft prices often vary according to the type and number of options chosen.

Ten Cessna-owned Citation Service Centers and 24 Authorized Citation Service Centers form a worldwide network of service facilities that provide maintenance, inspections, parts, repairs, modifications, equipment installations, refurbishment and other specialized services. Cessna Citation Service Centers have the special tools and equipment, parts inventories, training, knowledge, experience and factory support necessary to keep every Citation in top condition.

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Read a recent press release from Cessna about - 'Civil Air Patrol cadets receive hands-on experience shadowing Cessna employees and obtain tangible visuals of the aircraft production process at the Independence facility.'

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