Cessna Citation Columbus

The Citation is a ancestors of business jets developed by Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron endemic company, to accommodated the requirements of barter operating from bounded to intercontinental routes. Citation jets are powered by two turbofan engines and cruise at aerial speeds while carrying outstanding abundance to the cartage in their ample cabins. Cessna has accustomed added than 5,300 Citation jets orders back the affairs birth in 1975. As of aboriginal 2008, the Cessna Citation assembly models are: CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3, Encore+, XLS+, X, Sovereign, and Mustang with CJ4 and Columbus models to accompany Cessna's artefact band in 2010 and 2014 respectively.



The Model 850 Cessna Citation Columbus is a twin-engine, ample cabin, intercontinental ambit business jet featuring an aluminum airframe, ammunition ability and ecology affable design. Cessna Aircraft Aggregation clearly launched the affairs as the Ample Berth Citation in January 2008 as the better business jet developed by Cessna ever. According to the affairs schedule, appear by Cessna on 6 February 2008, the Citation Columbus jet will accomplish its beginning flight in 2011. FAA blazon acceptance accolade is accepted by the end of 2013 with aboriginal chump deliveries appointed for 2014. The Citation Columbus will accommodate a basement accommodation for up to 10 passengers.

With an estimated ambit of 4,000 abyssal afar (7,400 km), the Columbus jet will backpack eight cartage in a aerial abundance berth with outstanding basement allowance canoeing at .80 Mach. The key affairs ally are: Pratt & Whitney Canada which will accumulation the PW810 engines anniversary rated at 8,830-lb of thrust; Rockwell Collins will accumulation its Pro Band Fusion avant-garde avionics suite; and Spirit AeroSystems that will aftermath the aircraft's assembly and empennage. The anew engineered addition is moderately swept, and the absolute aircraft apparent is contoured based on after-effects from the computational aqueous dynamics assay and wind adit verification.

Pro Band Fusion avionics apartment features: four 15-in LCDs; synthetic-enhanced vision; MultiScan Acclimate Radar; auto throttle; Avant-garde Flight Management Systems (FMS) with Wide Area Augmentation System that supports Localizer Precision with Vertical advice approaches (WAAS/LPV) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) capabilities; Traffic Surveillance System with Automatic Direct Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities; Information Management System (IMS) to administer databases and facilitate wireless interactivity with the arena infrastructure; Optional heads-up display, predictive windshear acclimate radar, Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC) and Apparent Management System.




Specifications

Accommodation: Crew 2, Cartage 10

Dimensions: Length 77 ft, Wingspan 80 ft

Weights: Ammunition Load 1,950 lb (885 kg)

Engine/s Performance: Thrust 17,660 lb (8,011 kg)

Performance: Berth Height 73 in (1,854.20 mm), Berth Length 36 ft (11 m), Ceiling 45,000 ft (13,716 m), Cruise Speed Mach 0.80 (956 kph), Max Ambit 4,000 abyssal mile (), Take Off Run Distance 5,400 ft (1,646 m), Top Speed Mach 0.86 (1,028 kph)