Watch as we put Textron Aviation’s flagship super-midsize jet through its paces.
May 2021
I recently had an opportunity to evaluate Textron Aviation’s flagship Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. The aircraft was certified in September 2019, and the company had delivered 31 copies of the model as of the end of 2020.
Although it shares the flat-floor cabin width and height dimensions of the Latitude, the Longitude is a fairly big step up from its smaller sibling. With a maximum takeoff weight (mtow) of 39,500 pounds, the Longitude is longer, by about three and a half feet in the cabin and nearly 11 feet overall. Also, the Longitude’s extra 8,700 pounds in mtow enable it to carry another 3,706 pounds of useful load, most of that fuel. Total mtow is 14,500 pounds or 3,106 pounds more than the Latitude s mtow). And that translates into significantly added range, allowing the Longitude to carry a full-fuel payload of 1,600 pounds (1,000 more than the Latitude) and fl
Leveraging legacy DNA
6th May 2021, 11:00
“With great power comes great responsibility” is not just a quote popularised by a superhero franchise (originally penned by Voltaire). Just ask the aviation original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) charting their routes across the world of advanced air mobility (AAM). Where flying over urban populations is concerned, there is a responsibility for the safety of their passengers and those their aircraft fly over. Noise is also a big factor.
In October 2020, Embraer’s market accelerator Embraer X (X for exponential) launched its first project – Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions. Eve CEO André Stein told Revolution.Aero that the company is leveraging the
MTSU aerospace maintenance management seniors benefit from ‘scholarship’ training May 04, 2021 at 07:29 pm by WGNS
MTSU seniors Wagdy Hanna, left, and Logan Knight discuss topics related to a jet engine they are training on in the Flight Operations Center maintenance hangar at Murfreesboro Airport. They are among five MTSU students who received National Business Aviation Administration Charities scholarships to attend out-of-state training for up to two weeks during the 2020-21 academic year. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. MTSU Aerospace Department maintenance management program coordinator and professor Joe Hawkins and other faculty have mentored another outstanding group of students who will likely land excellent jobs in the industry.
By Dominic Perry2021-05-04T13:00:00+01:00
Scott Donnelly, the chief executive of Textron – owner of Beechcraft, Cessna and Bell – has seemingly ruled out the imminent launch of an urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle, stressing that battery technology has not advanced sufficiently to support such an application.
The US firm earlier this year formed a new division, eAircraft, headed by company veteran Rob Scholl, which brings together expertise from its Textron Aviation, Bell and Textron Systems businesses.
Source: Bell
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But speaking to financial analysts on 29 April, Donnelly said the firm was in no rush to enter the market for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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