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Textron Starts Fabricating Cessna Denali Test Articles
Engineers have started fabrication of the first static, fatigue test articles and initiated testing with the fuel system iron bird.
The first Cessna Denali test articles are starting to take shape at Textron Aviation's facility in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo: Textron Aviation)
The first Cessna Denali test articles are starting to take shape at Textron Aviation's facility in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo: Textron Aviation)

Textron Aviation (Booth V22) has started building the first test articles of its new Cessna Denali turboprop single, the company announced on Thursday. Since the Denali was unveiled at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, last summer, program engineers have started fabrication of the first static and fatigue test articles and initiated testing with the fuel system iron bird test article.