Cessna: A Look at the Citation Lineup of Private Jets

With nearly 200,000 satisfied customers, Cessna is the world’s top manufacturer of business jets. The Cessna Citation line of aircraft is the most popular private jet globally. There currently are eight models in the skies.


Citation X
The first Citation X was delivered to PGA-golf pro Arnold Palmer in August 1996. The eight-passenger private jet, which is powered by two Rolls-Royce AE3007C1 engines, has a nautical-mile range of 3,070 miles and travels at more than 600 mph. One year later the Citation X had already reached one million flight hours.


Citation Sovereign
The delivery of the first nine-passenger Citation Sovereign occurred in September 2004. Bringing it to the market was a six-year process, as the Sovereign was first introduced in 1998. The plane’s range is 2,847 nautical miles and its maximum speed is 527 miles. It has a Honeywell Epic avionics system and two Pratt & Whitney PW306C engines. One hundred were sold by November 2006.


Citation X LS+
The Citation XLS+ came to the market rather quickly, as it was announced and first flown in 2007. The XLS+ was on the market in 2008. Its range is 1,858 nautical miles and the top speed of the aircraft is 440 knots. Twin Pratt & Whitney PW545C engines provide the lift and the avionics system is a Collins Pro Line 21.

Citation CJ4
The Citation CJ4 flies like a big jet but is as cost-effective as a smaller lightweight model. It is luxuriously spacious and comes equipped with the Venue Cabin Management System, which along with climate control includes XM Radio and Blu-Ray DVD capabilities. Its nautical range is approximately 2,000 miles and it has a maximum speed of 501 miles per hour. Two Williams FJ44-4A engines and a Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system power and control the eight-passenger jet.

Citation CJ3
The Citation CJ3, which was delivered in December 2004, had reached 100 units sold by August 2006. The six-passenger jet features a Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system and two Williams FJ44-3A engines. It has a maximum speed of 480 miles and a range of 1,875 nautical miles.



Citation CJ2+
The Citation CJ2+ was first announced in 2004 and was delivered in 2006. The seven-passenger CJ2+ has a Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system and two Williams FJ44-3A-24 engines. It has a maximum speed around 480 miles per hour and a range of 1,613 nautical miles.

Citation Mustang
The Citation Mustang was first announced in 2002. The first Mustang was delivered in April 2007. Forty-six of the four-passenger jets were sold by year-end 2007. Two Pratt & Whitney PW615F engines and a Garmin G1000 avionics system enable the aircraft to reach a maximum speed of more than 390 mph and to have a range of 1,150 nautical miles.

Citation CJ1+
The five-passenger CJ1+ made its first flight in 2004. Fifty-nine planes were moved by year-end 2007. The range of CJ1+ is 1,300 nautical miles and its top speed is 448 mph. It has a Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system and two Williams FJ44-1AP engines.

Article taken from James Rothaar's article for www.justluxe.com.

Ricky Gervais thought he’d never use a private jet when he was offered it, but ended up on it “every weekend”.

The British comic has forged a successful Hollywood career over the last few years. He tries not to let his new celebrity go to his head, but admits it can be hard. When shooting 2009’s The Invention of Lying he was amazed to be given access to his own plane, and quickly got used to taking trips in it.

“They gave me a private jet for getting back and forth between New York and London. I thought, 'I will never use it,’ but I ended up using it every weekend. You turn up, right, and the airport is completely empty. I mean, there’s just someone at the desk and then the pilot, who says, 'Are you ready to go?’ and you say, 'Don’t you want to see my passport?’ and he goes, 'Oh yeah, I suppose I’d better,’” Ricky marveled.

“Please don’t ask me how much a pint of milk is, because my answer will be something like a thousand pounds.”

The star found fame by writing and appearing in UK television show The Office, which has been successfully remade in America. He can still recall when he first realised he was getting used to be famous – it happened in an airport.

“I remember the first time I went to the airport and they took me through a special diplomatic door and my head was down and I was thinking, 'Oh my god, everybody must hate me for pushing in’. But the next time I went, I was all 'Where’s that bloke who walks you through?’” he deadpanned to British newspaper The Telegraph.

Ricky and his long-term girlfriend Jane Fallon have never had children. He realises that many don’t understand that decision but maintains it was the right one for them. The star thinks he’d be a nervous wreck if he was a parent as he already spends too much time fussing about his pets.

“One good reason I don’t want them is that I don’t think I’d sleep at night. Before this interview I had to check twice that I hadn’t left the doors to the pool open because I was worried the cat would go through them and drown. So with a child, I’d just be stood over it, making sure it was still breathing,” he said.

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