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1980
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nernational, 8 March 1980 [turboprop? Or Citation I. you're considering a turboprop, here is a jet you ought to think jut before you make up your nd. Cessna Citation I. It has the vious advantages of a jet—yet es surprisingly well where boprops usually excel. Speed tation I flies up to 100 mph faster in a turboprop. That means tation I saves you time—which after all, one of the major reasons r a business plane. Comfort tation I flies without a turboprop's >ise—or fatiguing prop vibration, itation's rounded cabin gives you ore sitting space than most rboprops. The plane's ingenious sliding seats allow more elbow-room. Important, since your seat is where you'll be for 99 percent of your time on board. Citation flies a mile and a half above the highest-flying turboprop. Higher even than commercial jets. So you're bove bad weather. And Citation I /ill be cruising at comfortable ltitudes vhile some urboprops are till climbing. Simplicity Citation I is in many vays a simpler machine than the typical turboprop. Its engines have fewer moving parts. Its instrument panel is easier to read—because jets don't need as many engine instruments. Citation I has simpler controls—a single throttle for each engine instead of multiple levers needed for propeller engines. All of which makes Citation I an easier plane to fly. So easy, in fact, that Citations are the only business jets certified for a single pilot to fly. Efficiency Although jets fly higher and faster than turboprops, they're thought to be less efficient. Not Citation I. It gives you jet performance at a lower cost per mile than the best selling turboprop. And Citation I costs less to buy. Shorter Takeoffs This one is surprising. Turboprops are known "^ffk * for their short field capabilities. But Cessna's Citation I has a shorter takeoff distance than most turboprops. It also climbs faster—even on a single engine. Citation II "W Higher Standards Citation I is built to the same strict standards as commercial airline jets. Turboprops are built to a different, less demanding set of rules. New Citations are only sold factory direct. For your nearest authorized regional sales manager, call J. Derek Vaughan at (316) 946-6056. i£§ ^r write him at IM Dept.FI/3, Cessna Aircraft Company, Box 7706, Wichita, Kansas 67227. P.S. If you still don't think you're ready for a jet, be sure to consider the most fuel-efficient turboprop in the world: Cessna's own Conquest. ciTanani j,
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