The Cessna Citation is a family of

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s manufactured by

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that entered service in 1972. In the fifty years following the type's first flight in 1969, more than 7,500 Citations were delivered, forming the largest business jet fleet in the world. Deliveries reached 8,000 by 2022, while logging over 41 million flight hours. The line started with the small Citation I prototype flying on September 15, 1969, and produced until 1985, developed into the 1978-2006 Citation II/Bravo, the 1989-2011

Citation V The Cessna Citation V (company designation Model 560) is a business jet built by Cessna that was in production from 1989 until 2011. During that time, such craft were made. The first Model 560 prototype, a stretched version of the Citation S/II ...

/Ultra/Encore and the CitationJet since 1993. The standup

Citation III The Cessna Citation III is an American business jet produced by Cessna and part of the Citation family. Announced at the October 1976 NBAA convention, the Model 650 made its maiden flight on May 30, 1979, received its type certification on Apr ...

/VI/VII was delivered from 1983 to 2000; its fuselage was reused in the

Citation X The Cessna 750 Citation X is an American mid-size business jet produced by Cessna; it is part of the Citation family. Announced at the October 1990 NBAA convention, the Model 750 made its maiden flight on December 21, 1993, received its type ...

/X+ delivered from 1996 to 2018, the

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from 2004 to 2021 and the Excel since 1998. The

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was a

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delivered from 2006 to 2017 while the flat floor fuselage

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has been delivered since 2015 and the larger

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from 2019. The aircraft are named after

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, a champion American

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who won the American Triple Crown.

Lineage

Models

Citation I

Citation II/Bravo

Citation III/IV/VI/VII

Citation V/Ultra/Encore

CitationJet

CitationJet (trainer)

The Model 526 CitationJet was a twin-engine, two-seat tandem military trainer developed from the Model 525 as a candidate for the

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competition (JPATS). The two models share 75% of their parts, including wing, engines, landing gear, and other systems. First flown in December 1993, the 526 did not succeed at the JPATS contest, and only two examples were built in total.

Citation X/X+

Excel/XLS/XLS+

Sovereign

Mustang

Columbus

Latitude

Longitude

Hemisphere

Current models

References

Notes

External links

Cessna Citation home page
* {{Authority control * United States civil aircraft United States business aircraft Twinjets Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1969