Wed, Apr 21, 2010
First Airplane With GreenTrak Flight Planning Software
Cessna announced Tuesday it has delivered the first Citation
CJ4. It was also the first Citation delivered with Cessna's newly
released GreenTrak flight planning software. The delivery was made
to an unnamed customer.
The Citation CJ4, certified in March by the U.S. Federal
Aviation Administration, is the newest and largest member of the
popular CJ family of business jets consisting of the Citation CJ1+,
CJ2+ and CJ3. The CJ4 is approved for single-pilot operations and
shares a common pilot type rating with the other CJs. (A pilot
rated to fly any one of the CJs is rated to fly them all). Retail
price in 2010 dollars for a typically equipped Citation CJ4 is $9
million.
GreenTrak is a proprietary system, the first offered by a
general aviation manufacturer, that uses a process known as cost
indexing to minimize total trip cost by balancing the costs of
direct operation, fuel burn and carbon emissions.
The Citation CJ4 has a range of just over 2,000 nautical
miles and a top speed of 453 knots - both numbers greater
than originally announced in 2006. It has a takeoff roll of 3,130
feet at maximum takeoff weight and is capable of a direct
climb to 45,000 feet in just 28 minutes.
The Citation CJ4 features a four-screen Collins Pro Line 21
avionics suite, new Williams FJ44-4A electronically controlled
(FADEC) engines, and it debuts the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin
management system. Standard on the CJ4 are dual Mode S Diversity
transponders with enhanced surveillance and ADS-B out capability,
TCAS II, Class A TAWS, multi-scan weather radar, broadcast weather
and a maintenance diagnostic system.
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