November 16, 2009

Cessna Aircraft Company today celebrated as the first production Citation CJ4 rolled off the assembly line at the company's primary design and manufacturing facilities in Wichita.

The first production unit will now go to paint and interiors, while three flight test aircraft continue to work toward type certification. Federal Aviation Administration certification is the final stages with deliveries starting in the first half of 2010.

To date, the CJ4 test aircraft have flown more than 1,000 flights and accumulated more than 1,600 flight hours.