Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: Cessna Model: 750. Nickname: Citation X
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Business Jet
> FAA Category and Class: Airplane Multi-engine land
> Engine Description: Twin jet
Aircraft Experience
> As of: 9/2/2021
> Number of Hours Flown: 8
> Number of Times Flown: 5
> Other Aircraft Models Associated: none
First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 132
> Date First Flown: 10/29/2002
> Location First Flown: Mid-continent airport, Wichita, KS (KICT)
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Cessna Flight Test
Recollections: When describing another Citation (the V), I made the statement “a Citation is a Citation”. When one looks at the Citation X and its extremely complex and highly swept wing, it puts this statement to the test. However, somehow, Cessna managed to design an airplane that–at the time–was the fastest production airplane (with a Max Mach of 0.92) that really flew and operated like all the straight-wind Cessnas that preceded it.
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With two GIANT engines in pods near the tail, this airplane set the standard for speed and looks when it came out, and spurred a competition with Gulfstream to make “the fastest bizjet”.
Even though I’m type-rated in the X, my experience level in the actual aircraft is low…consisting of a few avionics projects and production audits.
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