Citation X+ Makes First Transatlantic Crossing

Textron Aviation’s flagship Cessna Citation X+ landed Saturday at TAG Farnborough Airport after a short flight from Paris Le Bourget. On Friday, the X+ crossed the Atlantic for the first time, flying 2,788 nm from Presque Isle, Maine, to Paris in five hours 33 minutes, averaging 502 knots groundspeed and burning 10,600 pounds of fuel. The X+, which received FAA certification on June 26, was crewed by Textron Aviation chief pilot John Esping and senior demonstration pilot Mike Walton.

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