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Citation
I
After a longer-than-expected development flight test
program, during which the name Citation 500 was tried,
and a number of changes to the design, the finished
aircraft was debuted with the new name Citation (Model
500) and received its FAA certification in September,
1971. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney
Canada JT15D-1 turbofan engines. With fan engines,
rather than turbojet engines such as powered the contemporary
Learjet 25, and a straight, rather than swept wings,
the Citation was over 120 knots slower than the Lear
25 (max speed of 350 kts compared with 473 kts for
the LJ25), which led to nicknames such as "Slowtation" and "Nearjet",
and raised eyebrows in the aviation media.
In 1976,
several product improvements were added to the aircraft
in response to market pressures, including a higher
max gross weight and thrust reversers, which made shorter
landing fields available to customers. With these improvements
came the name Citation I
| Passenger
Capacity: 6 |
| Airspeed
(mph) : 350 |
| Cabin
Width : 4.9 |
| Cabin
Length : 12.7 |
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| Lavatory
Style: Varies |
| Range:
1200 |
| Cabin
Height: 4.3 |
| Baggage
Capacity : 74 ft2 |
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