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05-16-2012, 02:37 PM

#41

johnso29

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Originally Posted by BoilerUP

Longitude (another horrible name) will be a massive plane...55,000lb MTOW, 8ft greater wingspan than a G450 and only 2ft shorter in length.

WOW! That's a BIG biz jet!

05-16-2012, 04:01 PM

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A G7000 will carry almost that in fuel!

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05-16-2012, 06:06 PM

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A G7000 will carry almost that in fuel!

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I stand corrected. That's a BIG Cessna Bizjet.

05-16-2012, 06:11 PM

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What the heck is a G7000?

05-16-2012, 06:15 PM

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The stretched Global Express with 16 hour legs.

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05-16-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cubdriver

However, they are still short on R&D funds, and a little bird told me Textron authorized Cessna to bid on the Hawker 4000 Type Certificate this week, thus adding it the Cessna brand under a new name. Which by the way, would make the Longitude a non-starter. Can't help but think maybe they are just playing a PR game to drive down the price. I can say from my days within, that Cessna wants a super-midsize like there's no tomorrow.

I was in Wichita last week and heard the same thing.