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New Cessna Citation CJ3+ makes first flight

WICHITA, Kan., July 28, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company,a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today the successful maiden flight of the first production unit of the Citation CJ3+ from the company’s manufacturing facility adjacent to Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kan. Mark Tuttle, production flight test pilot, said all systems …

Cessna Citation Latitude continues to meet milestones; first flight for second production aircraft

WICHITA, Kan., Jul. 25, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today a successful first flight of the company’s second production Citation Latitude aircraft (Serial 002). This flight marks the latest in a series of on-time milestones for the program, all of which have occurred …