DOSSIER NEW AIRCRAFT LISTINGS PLANE FOCUS CESSNA CITATION CJ4 Base price $8.76m Cruise 435kt Range 1825nm
DASSAULT FALCON 900LX Base price $41m Cruise 474kt Range 4750nm WHAT IS IT? Cessna's latest Citation jet, certified earlier this year, and the result of lots of feedback from owners and operators.
WHAT IS IT? The 900 is Dassault's middle of the range Falcon and the LX is the long range version. WHAT DO YOU GET? A luxurious interior that's the same width and height as the top of the range 7X, with full office and multimedia capabilities. Interior layout to your requirements. It has the same tri-engine layout as the 7X with three Honeywells producing 5000lb thrust each. Travel from Dubai to Tokyo non-stop with 6 pax.
WHAT DO YOU GET? Big 51ft wingspan from the Sovereign and powerful Williams engines give the CJ4 plenty of performance. Features inside too with the Rockwell Collins Venue Cabin Management System which combines in-flight infotainment and air-conditioning. Cockpit is absolute state of the art.
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PLANE FACTS
AIRCRAFT ESSENTIALS
PERFORMANCE
CESSNA One Cessna Boulevard, Wichita, KS 67215, USA. T: +1 316 517 6000 W: www.cessna.com 1,039 20,000 1,385 Skylane 182 SEP $0.4m 1956 176 915 350 SEP $0.535m 1997 191 1,395 1,225 18,000 2,300 400 SEP $0.62m 2004 235 1,250 1,400 25,000 1,900 Stationair 206H SEP $0.55m 1962 178 630 1,051 27,000 1,743 Grand Caravan SETP $1.93m 1985 184 917 975 25,000 58 2,420 Citation Mustang VLJ $2.76m 2006 340 1,150 3,010 41,000 100 3,110 Citation CJ1+ LJ $4.75m 2006 389 1,300 3,290 41,000 122 3,250 Citation CJ2+ LJ $6.67m 2005 418 1,613 4,120 45,000 137 3,360 Citation CJ3 LJ $7.49m 2004 417 1,875 4,478 45,000 156 3,180 Citation Bravo LJ $6.2m 1997 402 1,744 3,190 45,000 148 3,600 Citation Encore+ LJ $8.7m 2006 428 1,780 4,620 45,000 180 3,520 Citation CJ4 LJ $8.76m 2010 435 1,825 45,000 3,300 Citation XLS/XLS+ SLJ $11.86m 2008 441 1,858 3,500 45,000 211 3,560 Citation Sovereign MSJ $17.06m 2004 458 2,847 4,016 47,000 269 3,640 Citation X SMJ $20.67m 1996 525 3,070 3,650 51,000 298 5,140
DIMENSIONS 1,350 2,350 2,600 1,395 1,795 2,380 2,590 2,980 2,770 3,180 2,770 2,665 3,180 2,650 3,400
VERDICT
87 102 102 87 370 247 308 377 452 517 646 1,076 1,240
36 35.66 35.66 36 52.09 43.16 46.91 49.83 53.33 52.16 54.92 50.83 56.33 63.41 63.92
9.75 11.00 13.58 15.67 17.33 17.33 17.16 25.25 23.92
54 57 57 57 56 57 57 68 70 68
42 49 49 44 64 55 58 58 58 57 58 58 66 67 66
4 4 4 6 10 5 7 8 8 7 11 9 9 9 8
Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A Continental IO-550-N Continental IO-550-C Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A Pratt & Whitney PT6A-114 2 x PWC PW615F 2 x Williams FJ44-1AP 2 x Williams FJ44-3A-24 2 x Williams FJ44-3A 2 x PWC PW530A 2 x PWC PW535B 2 x Williams FJ44-4A 2 x PWC PW545C 2 x PWC PW306C 2 x Rolls-Royce AE3007 C1
230hp 310hp 230hp 310hp 1262shp 2 x 1,460 2 x 1,965 2 x 2,490 2 x 2,820 2 x 2,877 2 x 3,400 2 x 3,400 2 x 4.119 2 x 5,770 2 x 6,764
Workhorse single-engine piston Used to be the Columbia 350 Turbocharged version of the 350 Another load-lugger, often jumpers At the heart of the SE-IMC battle Entry-level jet arrived at the right time Certified for single-pilot ops As CJ1+ but stretched Stretched version of the CJ2 Final new aircraft built in 2006 Used to be known as the 560 Top of the CJ range of Citation jets World's best-selling business jet Stretched version of the XL Fastest business jet at Mach 0.92
CHALLENGER Bombardier Aerospace, 800 Rene-Levesque, Montreal, Quebec H3B 1Y8. T: +1 514 861 9481 W: www.bombardier.com 300 SMJ $20.97m 2003 470 3,100 4,250 45,000 266 4,810 2,600 38,850 23,500 1,350 605 LBJ $28.08m 2006 470 4,045 4,300 41,000 258 5,184 2,777 48,200 26,985 1,315 850 SLJ $31.62m 1992 459 2,770 41,000 343 6,305 2,910 53,000 34,790 186
1,357 1,917 1,752
63.84 64.33 69.58
28.6 28.42 48.42
73 73 73
86 98 98
9 12 50
2 x HTF7000 2 x GE CF34-3B 2 x GE CF34-3B1
2 x 6,826 2 x 8,729 2 x 8,729
Clean sheet design, a best-seller Popular corporate choice, EVS available Flagship Challenger, based on CRJ200
CIRRUS 4515 Taylor Circle, Duluth, Minnesota 55811-1548, USA. T: +1 218 788 3876 W: www.cirrusdesign.com 1,594 2,344 SR22 GT3 Turbo SEP $0.66m 2000 219 1000 1,400 25,000 Vision SJ50 PJ $1.3m 300 1000 25,000 -
558 -
92 -
38.33 -
-
50 -
49 -
-
1 x Continental IO-540-N 1 x 310hp 1 x Williams FJ33-4A-19 -
COMPAIR 900 Airport Road, Suite 3, Merrit Island, Florida, 32952 USA. T: +1 321 452 7168 W: www.compairaviation.com 2010 310 2,535 2,800 10,800 12 SETP -
1,400
-
-
-
70
68
8
1 x Honeywell TPE331-14GR 1 x 1, 650shp Aiming for Type Certification
DASSAULT FALCON 78 Quai Marseille, 92552 St-Cloud, Cedex 300, France. T: +33 1 61 62 61 62 W: www.dassaultfalcon.com 42,000 254 5,075 3,320 28,660 20 MSJ 1965 466 1,780 50EX SMJ 1996 492 3,075 2,053 49,000 278 4,890 2,920 39,700 2000DX LBJ 2007 476 3,250 2,412 47,000 244 4,800 41,000 23,190 2000EX LBJ $29.2m 2003 480 3,800 1,952 47,000 254 5.374 5,839 42,220 2000LX LBJ $29.77m 493 4,000 47,000 5,878 2,630 42,200 23,465 900EX SLJ 1995 474 4,500 3,880 51,000 267 5,215 3,522 48,300 24,700 900DX SLJ $35.55m 2005 474 4,100 2,055 51,000 265 4,890 3,530 46,700 24,470 900LX SLJ $41m 2010 474 4,750 1,950 51,000 5,050 2,400 48,300 25,080 7X LRBJ $45m 2007 515 5,950 51,000 5,505 2,262 69,000 34,272
2,380 3,410 1,450 2,275 2,800 3,600 2,420 2,988
2,179 2,487 3,129 2,810 3,129 4,767
53.58 61.83 63.41 63.41 70.16 63.41 63.41 70.16 86
24.42 23.50 26.16 26.16 26.16 33.16 33.16 33.16 39.09
68 71 74 74 74 74 74 74 74
73 73 92 92 92 92 92 92 92
14 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
2 x GE CF700-2D2 3 x Honeywell TFE731-40 2 x PWC PW308C 2 x PWC PW308C 2 x PWC PW308C 3 x Honeywell TFE730-60 3 x Honeywell TFE730-60 3 x Honeywell TFE730-60 3 x PWC PW307A
2 x 4,500 2 x 3,700 2 x 7000 2 x 7000 2 x 7000 3 x 5000 3 x 5000 3 x 5000 3 x 6400
The original business jet from Dassault Popular long-range corporate jet Smallest of the current Falcon range Longer range version Longest range Three engine, 8 pax Three engine, 8 pax Longest range version Top model, fly by wire controls
DIAMOND N A Otto-Strasse 5, A-2700 Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. T: +43 2622 26700 W: www.diamond-air.at 1,052 18,000 11 1,130 1,069 3,927 DA42 TwinStar MEP $0.85m 2004 163 852 DA50 SuperStar SEP 160 1000 3,262 D-Jet PJ 2009 315 1,666 25,000 2,034 5,071
2,804 2,172 2,831
837 576 500
52 50 167
44 38.33 35.09
-
39 56
46 55
4 4 5
2 x Austro AE300 1 x Continental IO-540 1 x Williams FJ33-4A-9
2 x 170hp 1 x 310hp 1 x 1,900
New engines for economical twin Cirrus-beater? Austro also available Personal jet nearing delivery
DORNIER 328 Support Services GmbH, PO BOx 1252, DO82231 Wessling, Germany. T: + 49 8153 881110 W: www.328support.de 1999 400 1,300 3,690 35,000 226 4,485 4,285 34,524 21,900 328 LBJ -
4,613
1,200
68.83
33.85
72
85.5 -
2 x PWC PW306B
-
Commuter airliner
ECLIPSE 2503 Clark Carr Loop SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106-5611, USA. T: +1 505 245 7555 W: www.eclipseaerospace.net TE-500 VLJ $2.15m 2006 380 1,300 3,424 41,000 78 2,342 2,250 6,000 3,634
702
251
37.0
12.33
50
56
6
2 x PWC PW610F
2 x 900
Back in business
EMBRAER Av Brigadero Faria Lima 2107, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP 12227-901, Brazil. T: +55 123 927 1000 W: www.embraer.com 41,000 125 3,400 10,472 Phenom 100 VLJ $3.6m 2008 390 1,178 Phenom 300 LJ $7.335m 2009 450 1,800 2,916 45,000 3,700 2,950 Legacy 450 SLJ $15.25m 470 2,300 45,000 4,000 2,300 Legacy 500 MSJ $18.4m 470 3,000 45,000 4,600 Legacy 600 LBJ $25.41m 2001 460 3,250 3,052 41,000 299 5,453 2,685 49,750 31,148 Lineage 1000 SLJ $40.95m 469 4,200 41,000 626 6,900 120,150 -
1,312 1,600 1,600 1,440 -
2,712 -
40.33 53.16 68.91 94.16
11 16 49.67 85
59 59 72 72 72 79
61 61 82 82 83 106
6 8 8 8 19 106
2 x PWC PW617F-E 2 x PWC PW535E 2 x Honeywell HTF7500E 2 x Honeywell HTF7500E 2 x Rolls-Royce AE3007 2 x GE CF34-10E7
2 x 1,695 2 x 1,615 2 x 6,540 2 x 8,100 2 x 18,500
Very Light Jet, just certified Bigger brother, still flight testing Filling out Embraer's mid-size range As above Useful size corporate jet Top of the range
EPIC 22590 Nelson Road, Bend, Oregon 97701, USA. T: +1 541 318 8849 W: www.epicaircraft.com 340 1,874 2,777 31,000 1,600 Dynasty SETP Victory PJ $1.3m 320 1,200 2,800 28,000 Elite jet VLJ 2009 412 1,400 2,412 41,000 -
1,350 900 1,330
-
43 36.3 44
15 14.5 17
59 53 60
55 6 56 5 57.6 8
1 x PWC PT6-67A 1 x PWC PW600 2 x Williams FJ33-4A
1,200shp 2 x 1,550
Future uncertain after going into administration as above as above
3,400 -
7,300 5,500 7,700
2,082 2,475 2,575 2,349 5,013 5,550 7,020 7,950 8.700 10,500 12,800 18,120 22,100
POWER
508 313 413 746 1,548 600 560 745 660 736 1,130 860 1,214 1,369
1,840 -
3,100 3,400 3,600 3,600 8,750 8,645 10,700 12,500 13,870 14,800 16,830 20,200 30,000 36,100
CABIN
2,320 -
4,000 2,700 4,000
High performance four-seater Single-engine personal jet, in development
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