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October 2016

• • October 7, 2016
  • Jet

  Revolutionary Cessna Citation Longitude takes to the skies

  Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced the successful first flight of its Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. The fligh...

• • October 2, 2016
  • Jet

  Cessna celebrates segment leadership with 5,000th Citation light jet delivery

  Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that it has recently delivered the 5,000th Citation light business jet, a Citation...

September 2016

• • September 14, 2016
  • Jet

  Hawker 400XPR achieves FAA certification; first full upgraded 400XPR inducted

  Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation, Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification on all 40...

August 2016

• • August 31, 2016
  • Piston

  Cessna signs multi-year agreement with Pan Am International Flight Academy

  Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced during the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS), that it has signed a m...

• • August 30, 2016
  • Jet

  Textron Aviation highlights continued investment at LABACE 2016

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced its extensive aircraft lineup at this week’s Latin American Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (LABACE) in Sao Paulo...

• • August 23, 2016
  • Jet

  Cessna Citation Longitude moves closer to first flight with ground engine tests

  Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced it has completed initial ground engine tests on the Citation Longitude’s Honeywell...

• • August 2, 2016
  • Service and Parts

  New Caravan and King Air customers to receive up to two years full maintenance coverage free of charge

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today launched its Peace of Mind program, which is designed to create a simpler transition to new Cessna Caravan and Beechcraft King Air t...

July 2016

• • July 27, 2016
  • Piston

  Beechcraft announces 2017 American Bonanza Society Sport Package

  Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, yesterday announced an American Bonanza Society (ABS) Sport Package option for the Beechcraft Bonan...

• • July 25, 2016
  • Turboprop

  Textron Aviation debuts Cessna Denali single engine turboprop at Oshkosh

  Just one year after announcing it would bring a clean-sheet design single engine turboprop (SETP) to market, Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today unveiled the Cessna Dena...

• • July 25, 2016
  • Service and Parts

  Textron Aviation now offers comprehensive factory-direct training for new piston customers

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture that all Cessna and Beechcraft piston aircraft customers purchasi...

• • July 25, 2016
  • Piston

  Cessna signs a multi-year agreement with Kent State University, delivers new Skyhawk

  Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today delivered a new Cessna Skyhawk 172 as part of an agreement recently signed with Kent State U...

• • July 25, 2016
  • Piston

  Civil Air Patrol orders 19 new Cessna single-engine piston aircraft

  Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture an order from the U.S. C...