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Fresh on the heels of securing FAA type certification for its Citation Mustang very light jet, Cessna said it will introduce the CJ4, the newest member of the CJ family of Citation business jets, at the annual National Business Aviation Association convention, Oct. 17 through 19. If you’re interested, though, Cessna said it would take […]

With all that’s going on in the VLJ market, Brazilian airframer Embraer wasn’t sitting around. While Cessna was crowing about its Mustang, Embraer executives were helping ring the Sept. 5 opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange — talk about catering to your audience. Also, the company last week announced that Houston-based Magnum Jet […]

In the annals of business aviation, it will be recorded that Cessna won the race to be the first to obtain full FAA type certification of a very light jet (VLJ). Last week’s achievement doesn’t come without an asterisk, however. The footnote will be necessary since it’s highly likely that Eclipse will deliver examples of […]

Eclipse Aviation this month announced Saul Pacheco joined its executive team as vice president of quality. Pacheco was most recently the global director of quality and reliability for medical technology leader Medtronic, where he was responsible for all products released to the medical marketplace. At Medtronic, Pacheco led the evaluation of manufacturing processes, documentation, controls […]

Cessna Aircraft Company on Monday delivered its 100th production Citation CJ3. Jeffrey Mark, chief executive officer, principal owner and co-founder of Mark-Taylor Residential Inc., an Arizona-based real estate development corporation, purchased the milestone aircraft. I have always loved airplanes, Mark said. When I was a kid, my father was a pilot, and I flew radio-controlled […]

Cessna said earlier this month is named Mark Paolucci, currently vice president of Citation Sales, to replace retiring Senior Vice President Ron Chapman as head of the companys customer service organization. Paolucci will also assume Chapmans position on Cessnas Senior Leadership Team. Paolucci will be based at the company’s headquarters in Wichita, Kan. Paolucci will […]

Tempe, Ariz.-based Landmark Aviation earlier this month announced it had completed a $2 million hangar and office space project at its Raleigh, N.C., FBO facility. The expansion at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) includes 13,500 square feet of additional space for aircraft storage and maintenance, a new three-bay ground equipment support hangar, and 4,800 square […]

Rockwell Collins last week said it is expanding its Pro Line 21 Integrated Display System (IDS) offering with a new Supplemental Type Certification (STC) on King Air 200 and King Air 300 aircraft. According to the company, the Pro Line 21 IDS King Air installation integrates with the aircraft’s existing autopilot and sensors and includes […]