The Cessna Citation Mustang

The Cessna Citation Mustang was announced in September 2002. The six-seat business jet will be certified as a single-pilot, FAR Part 23 aircraft, with a cruise speed of 340 KTAS and maximum operating altitude of 41,000 feet.

The Cessna Citation Mustang program continues to move toward certification and first delivery, both scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2006. The Cessna Citation Mustang business jet prototype, serial number 0001 and serial number 0002 have accumulated more than 850 total flight hours.

The Cessna 510 Citation Mustang is a business jet with two cockpit seats, four cabin seats and a toilet, manufactured by Cessna. The airframe is constructed primarily of aluminum alloys, with a three spar wing group. One main door is located in the forward left section of the aircraft, with an additional emergency exit situated on the centre right section of the fuselage.
 

These VLJ business jets will be mostly used for private jets, jet charters and fractional jet ownerships.

Cessna Citation Mustang VLJ News

Cessna’s Citation Mustang Training Coming to Farnborough in 2007
Geneva, Switzerland, May 3, 2006 – About 80 percent of the more than 240 orders for Cessna Aircraft Company’s Citation Mustang are currently from owner-operators. Cessna is a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company.

"We designed the Mustang to be easy to fly," said Russ Meyer III, Citation Mustang Program Manager. "The clean, uncluttered cockpit is intended to make flying this jet more intuitive than many of the multi-engine or even single engine aircraft Mustang owner-operators may have flown previously. And, to provide foundational safety, Cessna and FlightSafety have initiated a comprehensive multi-tiered training program, unlike any other program in general aviation."

The Mustang training program will include an extensive evaluation of the pilot's experience, and will include Cessna and FlightSafety's first mentoring program, as well as the first Level D simulator to include the G1000 avionics package, said Chad Martin, Cessna’s Training Manager.

Cessna Citation Mustang Tested to Commercial Airliner Standards

Geneva, Switzerland, May 3, 2006 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, does more comprehensive and exhaustive testing on its aircraft than any other general aviation manufacturer. Before the Cessna Citation Mustang is certified, it will have been cycled through at least five lifetimes worth of wear and tear, qualifying it as a no-life-limit airframe.

"Cessna consistently goes beyond what is required when testing and certifying an aircraft, often more than doubling or tripling the hours or cycles considered baseline for certification," said Russ Meyer III, Citation Mustang Program Manager. "For example, instead of the fatigue test article completing the baseline durability test of two lifetimes (30,000 hours) with no damage to the aircraft structure, we will continue testing to five lifetimes (75,000 hours). Many parts of the aircraft are tested to the same levels as commercial airliners. Ensuring Cessna customers have the safest possible aircraft is always top priority."