FAA Type Certified
Cessna Aircraft Company today reported that the Federal Aviation
Administration has granted type certification to Cessna's Model
525A Citation CJ2+ The airplane, first announced in November
2004 at the National Business Aviation Association's annual
convention, was certified in just over 80 flights and 190 flight
hours.
"Receiving certification on the CJ2+ speaks clearly to the very
important and ongoing partnership between our customers and our
employees," said Jack J. Pelton, Cessna's Chairman, President and
CEO. "Once again, Cessna team members have brought to bear their
expertise and innovation to integrate our customers' feedback and
transform the CJ2, an airplane with established excellence, into
the CJ2+."
According to Pelton, Cessna already has orders for more than 60
of the new aircraft, with the next available opening for new orders
in the summer of 2007.
Maximum payload for the CJ2+ has been increased by 300 pounds
over the CJ2. The new jet also benefits from operational
enhancements such as the ability to direct climb to 45,000 feet in
34 minutes at maximum takeoff weight; a maximum cruise speed of 413
knots at 31,000 feet; and a four passenger, 1,550 nautical mile
NBAA IFR range.
Using less runway at maximum weight limits, the CJ2+ can take
off in 3,360 feet and land in less than 3,000 feet.
Propulsion for the CJ2+ is generated by twin Williams FJ44-3A-24
engines equipped with dual-channel Full Authority Digital Engine
Control (FADEC). Each engine is rated at 2,400 pounds of
thrust.
The avionics suite on the Citation CJ2+ is said to be the most
advanced available on this class of business jet. An integrated
Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite encompasses many of the same
features as in the Citation CJ3 and CJ1+. The Primary Flight
Displays (PFD) and enhanced Multi-Function Display (MFD) are
presented on three 8-inch by 10-inch active matrix color liquid
crystal displays. The copilot's PFD with second air data computer
is standard equipment and will meet reduced vertical separation
minimum (RVSM) requirements.
Other integrated avionics features include a file server system
with cursor control panel and enhanced map overlays, Pro Line 21
Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) radios, and
Collins FMS-3000 with performance database. The CJ2+ is equipped
with standard broadcast graphical weather including Next Generation
Doppler Radar (NEXRAD) information, Meteorological Terminal
Aviation Routine Weather Report (METARs), and textual Terminal
Aerodrome Forecast (TAF). Optional CJ2+ avionics equipment includes
electronic charts showing geo-referenced position on airports,
interactive graphical weather, and Honeywell Mark VIII Enhanced
Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS). In the cabin, new standard
items include 110-volt electrical outlets (two in the cabin and one
in the cockpit), belted, flushing toilet, left-hand storage, and
indirect LED lighting.
Cessna has taken 17 of the Citation CJ2's most popular options,
and has made them standard, as well as adding 10 new features not
available on the Citation CJ2. Some standard features on the CJ2+
include a copilot PFD, flight management system (FMS), broadcast
weather, Skywatch HP Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), and
the LandMark Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS).