Second New BizJet Announcement In 14 Days

For the second time in 14 days, Cessna Aircraft Company introduced plans for a new airplane. Plans for the new Citation Latitude mid-size business jet Monday morning at the start of the 64th NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention. This is Cessna's second new product announcement in the past 14 days; the company launched the Citation M2 light business jet on September 26.

Cessna's Mike Pierce tells ANN that the Latitude is positioned between the Citation XLS+ and Citation Sovereign in Cessna's product line, the Citation Latitude offers a full fuel payload of 1,000 pounds, a maximum cruise speed of 442 knots true airspeed and a range of 2,000 nautical miles. The aircraft is priced at $14.9 million in 2011 USD.

The Citation Latitude's cockpit is anchored by the new, fully integrated Garmin G5000 system that centers on three 14-inch LCD primary and multifunction displays and four touch-screen control panels. It includes an integrated Flight Director/Autopilot and Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS).

Among the standard features of the new system are a pilot-vehicle touch-screen interface, TCAS II with Change 7.1, Synthetic Vision Technology, electronic charts, Garmin's SafeTaxi, a dual flight management system with WAAS LPV and RNP, solid-state weather radar with turbulence detection and vertical scan capability, integrated terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS), ADS-B Out and Link 2000+ data link. Options include satellite weather and an ICAO Type 1A flight data recorder.

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