Get Knowledge On Cessna Citation V Aircraft
Thursday, October 16th, 2008The Cessna Citation V aircraft also known as Citation Ultra is perhaps the best example of Cessna’s well-honed ability to continually evolve a time-tested airframe into a market-leading workhorse. Based on the wildly popular Citation II, which entered production in 1977, the Ultra adds a slightly stretched fuselage, a plush interior, a more efficient high-speed wing, more powerful engines and updated avionics.
This is the airplane fractional provider NetJets bet the farm on when it was coming of age in the 1990s. NetJets would become the largest operator of Ultras, buying more than 60 brand new, and the company routinely flies them more than 1,200 hours a year. Corporate operators also appreciate the Ultra’s simple systems and durability. One CFO practically gushed about his manufacturing company’s pair of Ultras, which each log more than 600 hours a year.
From Middle America, the airplane can hit either coast, most of the time without taking on fuel. The Ultra’s maximum cruising speed is close to 430 knots. At maximum weights, it can take off in less than 3,200 feet and land and stop in less than 2,200. It will climb to 45,000 feet at a blistering 4,100 feet per minute and carry two pilots and six passengers 1,960 nautical miles (no wind) and a full load of eight passengers somewhat shorter distances.
For its time, the Ultra offered the longest cabin in its class–17.3 feet, or four feet longer than a Learjet 31 or 35 and almost two feet longer than a Beechjet or a King Air 350. Slide, swivel and reclining executive passenger seats are arranged in a facing, double-club configuration. Adding a forward closet/refreshment center cuts the number of seats to seven (and yes, you really will want the in-cabin storage this offers–without it there is virtually none). The 14 cabin windows provide adequate natural light and the five-inch drop aisle yields 55.3 inches of “standing” room. The belted potty has privacy doors, a relief tube and a chemical toilet that must be emptied from the inside by carrying the basin through the passenger cabin.
The airplane’s 63 cubic feet of baggage space will swallow up to 1,450 pounds–850 in the nose and 600 in the aft compartment. That’s triple the luggage space of a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft, according to Cessna.
The Ultra doesn’t have an auxiliary power unit, so to keep it cool on the ramp you need to either plug into a ground cart or spool up the right engine. The aircraft for sale does come standard with a “flood” cooling system that can be run on the ground through 10,000 feet. An optional vapor-cycle air-conditioning system works from the ground up to 18,000 feet and is something you really should have, as the flood system by itself doesn’t always get the job done.
