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Cessna Citation CJ3

Type (Muster)
Light business jet (Geschäftsreisejet)

Country (Land)
USA

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Cessna Aircraft Company
One Cessna Boulevard
Wichita, Kansas 67215
USA

Phone: 001-316/517-6488
Fax: 001-316/517-7812
Internet: www.cessna.com

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Passengers/Freight (Passagiere/Fracht): six-seat center club arrangement as standard, up to 8 seats possible

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x Williams-Rolls FJ44-3A turbofans
Thrust (Schub): 2 x 12,54 kN (2820 lbs) for take-off

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 15,29 m
Height (Höhe): 4,62 m
Span (Spannweite): 16,26 m

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 6,27 m between pressure bulkheads
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 1,47 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,45 m

Weights (Massen)
Typical empty weight (Leermasse): 3765 kg
Max. payload (max. Nutzlast): 821 kg
Payload with max. fuel (Nutzlast mit maximalem Kraftstoff): 299 kg
Max. fuel weight (max. Kraftstoff): 2136 kg
Max. zero fuel weight (Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 4767 kg
Max. ramp weight (max. Rollmasse):6382 kg
Max. take-off weight (max. Startmasse): 6291 kg
Max. landing weight (max. Landemasse): 5783 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. cruise speed at 33000 ft (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): 772 km/h (417 kts) at 10060 m
Max. Mach number: 0.737 at 8930 m
Service ceiling (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 45000 ft (13715 m)
Time to climb (Steigzeit):
   - 27 minutes to 13715 m
   - 19 minutes to 12500 m
   - 12 minutes to 10060 m
Take-off field length (Startstrecke): 929 m at sea level, 15 deg C or 1450 m at 1525 m, 25 deg C
Landing field length, FAR 25 (Landestrecke): 844 m from 50 ft, sea level, standard day at max. landing weight
Range (Reichweite):
   - 2200 km (1200 NM) NBAA IFR with 820 kg of payload
   - 3475 km (1875 NM) NBAA IFR, with 270 kg of payload

Costs (Kosten)
The CJ3 was priced at $5,895,000 in 2003 dollars. This is up from 5,795 million US-Dollars (2002 value).

Customers (Kunden)
By the time of first delivery in December 2004, Cessna had received over 130 non-refundable CJ3 orders worth over $800 million.
At the end of May 2004, Cessna said it had taken order for over 100 CJ3s, reflecting the cancellation of the NetJets deal. By April 2003, Cessna had received orders for over 160 CJ3s. 156 aircraft were on order as of September 2002, after the introduction at the NBAA Convention in Orlando. Among the customers are:
CitationShares (joint venture of Cessna and TAG Aviation USA): 25. Ordered on 10 September 2002.
Eisele Flugdienst: 1. Contract signed at the 2004 National Business Aviation Association Convention.
NetJets: 0. An order for 100 (50 firm and 50 options) was placed at the NBAA in Orlando in September 2002 for delivery from 2005, for the NetJets fractional ownership programme. This was cancelled in March 2003, but Cessna only announced it in December 2003, after NetJets ordered 50 Raytheon Hawker 400XPs.
Michael Roehrs: 1. Order announced during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005. He planned to take delivery of his new Citation CJ3 in 2007.

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The CJ3 is the first new Cessna announced in the new millenium. It incorporates the successful features of the CJ2 but offers more comfort, speed and range. Changes include:

a longer cabin (plus 60 cm), featuring LED indirect lighting
a 20 inch fuselage stretch just behind the cabin door, plus a 15 cm longer tailcone
0,53 m more wingspan
0,3 m taller vertical tail
new FJ44-3A engines, giving 14 per cent more take-off thrust and 12 per cent more cruise thrust than the FJ44-2C in the CJ2. The 3A features a new compound sweep, wide chord fan blades. The engine is equipped with dual channel FADEC fuel controls aimed at greatly reducing pilot workload. Thrust levels well in excess of 3,000 lbs were demonstrated in tests, but the FJ44-3 engine is de-rated to 2,780 lbs for the CJ3's entry into service. At this rating the maximum turbine inlet temperature is actually lower than in the 1,900 lb thrust FJ44-1 that powers the Citation CJ1.
advanced Collins Pro Line 21 avionics. There are three 8-inch by 10-inch LCD displays. Also, there is a file server siystem with cursor control panel and enhanced map overlays.

The majority of the Citation CJ3 is manufactured on the same production line as the Citation CJ1+ and Citation CJ2+. Citation CJ1+, CJ2+, and CJ3 tooling has been configured to expand or contract depending upon the specific model being produced. Therefore, Cessna can build any CJ1, CJ2, or CJ3 airframe on the advanced production tooling.

History (Geschichte)
As rumoured some months before, the Citation CJ3 was announced on 9 September 2002 at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida. At that time NetJets also announced an order for 100 aircraft.
At the time of the announcement, the first flight of the CJ3 prototype was anticipated in the second quarter of 2003, with type certification in the second quarter 2004. First customer deliveries were expected in the third quarter 2004.
Assembly of a prototype was under way in September 2002. In late January 2003, vertical and horizontal stabilizers were fitted, followed by engine installation in early February. Meanwhile, Cessna had begun engine and avionics systems tests.
The Citation CJ3's first engine run and taxi was successfully completed on 13 March 2003 at Cessna Field located in east Wichita.
On April 10, 2003 Cessna Aircraft Company received written approval from the FAA confirming that the Citation CJ3 had been granted an exemption from the Part 23 commuter category turboprop limitation (14 CFR Part 23) to a jet weighing more than 12,500 pounds. This exemption allowed Cessna to certify the CJ3 under similar rules as the CJ1 and CJ2 including the ability to obtain single pilot certification.
The Citation CJ3 successfully completed its first flight on 17 April 2003. The aircraft departed from McConnell Air Force Base at 9:20 am., and landed at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport at 11:03 am. It was piloted by Dan Morris and Russ Williams. During the 1.7 hour flight Morris and Williams tested the CJ3's basic stability and control; operated the landing gear, flaps, speed brakes and trim system; and evaluated engine operating characteristics and slow flight capabilities. A second flight followed on the same day.
The first production CJ3 (serial number 001) took its first flight three weeks ahead of schedule. The 1.5 hour flight took place on Friday, August 8, 2003. The CJ3 departed from McConnell Air Force Base and landed at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport. This first flight of the Serial 001 aircraft was performed using a standard production first flight profile. At that time, the prototype had already logged over 83 hours. Recent CJ3 program accomplishments were the successful completion of the low and high speed envelope expansion, mating of the wing to the fuselage on CJ3 serial number 002, completion of the first customer specification session, and painting of the prototype. The CJ3 team had also begun static testing.
Cessna's second production CJ3 (serial number 002) completed its first flight on November 6, 2003. A standard production first flight profile was flown during the 2.6-hour flight. Over 340 hours and 200 flights have been accumulated on all three CJ3s. The CJ3 prototype has recorded the majority of these hours, 262.8 hours, and continues to successfully complete development flight tests. The first production CJ3 (serial number 001) is currently being used for flight training simulator data collection, and the second production CJ3 (serial number 002) will primarily be used for avionics development and post certification service tests.
In December 2003, Cessna confirmed that NetJets had cancelled a firm order for 50 CJ3s, which should have been delivered from late 2005 to 2008. Cessna anticipated CJ3 type certification in the second quarter of 2004, with first customer deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2004.
By February 2004, certification flight-testing for the CJ3 has reached over 567.8 hours in 345 flights. Cessna recently had finished induced icing development and certification flights, and had begun flights in natural icing. The CJ3 airframe undergoing static testing had successfully completed over 200 certified test conditions. Of those tests, one of the most significant was the ultimate load test. One of the major tests nearing completion is on the landing gear. So far, Cessna had achieved 105,000 hours out of the scheduled 120,000 hours, or five life cycles, on the landing gear test article.
By May 2004, CJ3 program had completed well over half of the required FAA certification conditions, and logged over 900 flight hours in 540 flights. At that stage, Citation CJ3 serial numbers 003 through 012 are in various stages of assembly and completion. Cessna's first production CJ3, serial number 003, had rolled off of the main production line on February 13.
The FAA granted full type certification for the Model 525B Citation CJ3 during a small ceremony held at Cessna's Mid-Continent facility in Wichita, Kansas, on the afternoon of Friday, October 15, 2004. This was some four months late. 150 hours of function and reliability testing had been completed on Saturday, October 9. Cessna planned to deliver the first Citation CJ3 later in the year .
Cessna delivered its first Citation CJ3 on 1 December 2004.
Cessna received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for the Citation CJ3 on 16 June 2006, allowing it to be certified and registered within the 25 European countries adhering to EASA regulations. EASA certification also allows operators to obtain European registrations.
On 28 August 2006, Cessna delivered the 100. Citation CJ3 to Jeffrey Mark, chief executive officer, principal owner and co-founder of Mark-Taylor Residential Inc., an Arizona-based real estate development corporation.

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