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The American company takes on the ultra-luxury sector with its new Hemisphere. This business jet, set to appear in 2019, holds a pair of trump cards – its speed and smart management of the cabin spaces by Sergio Barlocchetti - Ph. by courtesy of Cessna
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The reduced fuselage diameter of only 260 cm enables high performance. Hemisphere can fly for 4500 nm at a speed of Mach 0.9. The cabin layout can be personalised and hundreds of combinations of colours and materials are available
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he New Cessna Hemisphere comes with a price tag of
give the new twin-engine this impressive turn of speed Cessna’s
35 million dollars and is intended as an American rival
designers have designed a fuselage with a the smallest possible
for the Falcon 2000Lxs/Ex and Embraer Legacy 650.
cross-section. The 260 cm diameter provides more than acceptable
Although Cessna suspended development in 2018 after delays in
comfort, especially if the interior furnishings are made using
the completion of the European Safran Silvercrest engines, led
sound-absorbent materials, if the cabin has a latest-generation
by its dynamic director Christi Tannahill the division handling
lighting system and the interior has a functional layout that few
interior design continued to work on creating an entirely new
other business jets can match, especially among medium to large
cabin. This is an improvement on the cabin offered by Cessna’s
aircraft. From the galley, where hot meals can be prepared, to the
competitors, as the objective of the Hemisphere project is to
toilet, a mock-up of the Hemisphere’s cabin was presented for the
launch Cessna into the top-end business jet market. If Safran
first time in 2016 during the NBAA at Orlando, Florida, exactly
does not deliver the engines then Pratt & Whitney will step in
a year after the announcement of the project, and since then it
with the PW800, the engine currently mounted on the Dassault.
has been regarded as a new model for interior configurations.
But while a two-year delay could mean losing a large number of
Whether a sofa or several rows of seats are specified by the client,
clients, those awaiting 2019 to experience the new Hemisphere
every seat is hooked up to provide maximum connectivity, and
fly will realise just how comfortable the lucky passengers – up to
provides total relaxation. Twenty-one windows enable natural
twelve – will be, travelling for 8,300 km (4500 nm) at a speed of
light to flood the interior, ten either side and one in the roof called
Mach 0,9, over 1,000 km an hour at normal cruising altitude. To
Skylights, a large number when compared to the Hemisphere’s
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The cabin is unexpectedly bright with 21 oversize windows, all with smart dimming, plus a skylight. Left and bottom, detail of kitchen and washroom
competitors. All the windows feature smart glass that automatically adjusts to avoid dazzle or excessive shade. Passengers can also set their preferred level of brightness. As this is the top of the Citation range, the Hemisphere offers hundreds of colour combinations and upholstery options to enable total personalisation of the interiors so
integrated to the greatest possible degree to lighten the crew’s
that passengers will feel at home even when far away. The eventual
workload, an advantage on an aircraft that can fly from Milan to
choice of avionics led to the installation of the Honeywell digital
Miami non-stop.
suite providing augmented reality displays. Systems have been
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