Citation Latitude Enters Fast-track Flight-test Program
Cessna Aircraft's Citation Latitude prototype made its maiden flight on Tuesday from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, where the aircraft manufacturer is based. The new midsize jet fuses the Citation Sovereign+ wings, tail and aircraft systems with a new, larger fuselage, making the Latitude’s cabin the widest of any Citation and the only Cessna jet with a flat floor. (Photo: Cessna Aircraft)
Cessna Aircraft's Citation Latitude prototype made its maiden flight on Tuesday from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, where the aircraft manufacturer is based. The new midsize jet fuses the Citation Sovereign+ wings, tail and aircraft systems with a new, larger fuselage, making the Latitude’s cabin the widest of any Citation and the only Cessna jet with a flat floor. (Photo: Cessna Aircraft)

A prototype of Cessna’s newest midsize jet offering, the Citation Latitude, flew for the first time on Tuesday, lifting off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport at 10 a.m. local time with senior flight-test pilots Aaron Tobias and Marcus Mannella in the left and right seats, respectively.