Aircraft
Textron Delivers 500th CJ4 as Gen3 Nears Certification
Flight testing continues ahead of FAA Gen3 certification
A Citation CJ4 lit dramatically in a hangar with the number 500 projected on the wall behind it
© Image courtesy Textron Aviation

Textron Aviation has delivered its 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 series twinjet—a CJ4 Gen2—to a customer in the Philippines. Meanwhile, the CJ4 Gen3 continues its march toward FAA certification, which the company expects before year-end. According to the company, two flight-test CJ4 Gen3 airplanes have logged more than 880 hours to date.

The milestone 500th CJ4 delivered this week rolled out of Textron Aviation’s Wichita facility in June. The light jet series has been in production since 2010.