Cessna Citation Mustang

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Cessna Citation Mustang VLJ
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Cessna Citation Mustang VLJ

The Cessna Citation Mustang (or Cessna 510) is a business jet with two cockpit seats, four cabin seats and a toilet, manufactured by Cessna Aircraft Company, of Wichita, Kansas. The plane is manufactured in Independence, Kansas along with Cessna's single engine piston planes. The Mustang airframe is constructed primarily of aluminium 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 center right section of the fuselage. The Mustang is Cessna's entry into the Very Light Jet (VLJ) category of airplanes.

Two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbofan engines, mounted in pods on the aft fuselage, power the aircraft. The landing gear is fully retractable and are equipped with anti-skid protection.


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[edit] Certification and Production

The Mustang first flew on 23 April 2005. The airplane received full type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration on September 8, 2006. Cessna received FAA certification to fly into "known icing conditions" on November 9, 2006.[1] Cessna delivered the first ever production VLJ to Mustang Management Group of Fresno, California on November 23, 2006, the same day the FAA awarded Cessna with its Production Certificate.[2] The Mustang was the first of its class to receive full type certification, first to receive certification to fly into known-icing conditions, the first VLJ to be delivered to a customer, and the first company to obtain the FAA Production Certificate for a VLJ.

Cessna announced that it has 250 orders for the Mustang as of late 2006.

[edit] Interior amenities

The Cessna Mustang six-seater has an on board toilet, unlike its less-expensive competitor, the Eclipse 500. The Mustang's toilet, located between the cockpit and passenger cabin, will be for emergency use and has a curtain for privacy. A New York Times article from August 29, 2006 posed the question, "Will having a lavatory on board be the key factor in short flight success?"[3] A July, 2006 NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams broadcast also discussed the issue of the Eclipse 500's lack of a toilet.[4] Eclipse Aviation's CEO Vern Raburn suggests that most of his company's customers will be using the VLJ for short flights from 300-500 miles in length in 40-80 minutes and that the lavatory issue is not going to be a problem for VLJ customers.[3]

Rick Adam, CEO of Adam Aviation, disagrees and says, "people are not going to get on a plane without a bathroom, at least they are not going to do it more than once". The Adam A700 has a 7 seater configuration with rear lavatory with a privacy curtain. The Embraer Phenom 100 offers a fully enclosed lavatory with a solid door.[4]

[edit] Specifications

Data from Cessna Aircraft Company[5]

General characteristics

Performance

  • Takeoff distance: 3,110 ft (948 m)
  • Landing distance: 2,390 ft (729 m)

Avionics

Garmin G1000

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Comparable aircraft

Designation sequence

500 - 501 - 510 - 525 - 550 - 560

 

See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Cessna Aircraft Cessna Citation Mustang Cleared for Flight Into Known Icing Conditions Cessna Press Release; November 9, 2006 (last accessed Nov. 29, 2006)
  2. ^ Cessna Beats Out Eclipse In First VLJ delivery. AVWeb (2006-11-23). Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
  3. ^ a b Joe Sharkey Big Battle in Small Jet Skies New York Times Tuesday, August 29, 2006
  4. ^ a b Karen Di Piazza No Throne Room on Eclipse VLJ: Real Issue or Media Hype? CharterX (last accessed Nov 29, 2006)
  5. ^ Citation Mustang / Specifications & Weights. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.

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