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Citation X Astra SPX What price speed? T he new Astra SPX is not just fast in its class, it's fast in any class. B/CA says. "The SPXs speed on trans-continental flights should be competitive with the fastest business jets — regardless of size or price."' When the Astra SPX touches down at LAX on a non-stop flight from New York, it is only 19 min utes behind the Citation X. The next competitor is just entering Arizona air space. The SPX time is one hour faster than the other manufactur ers' mid-size busi ness aircraft. The Lear 60 and Citation •As published m Business & Commercial Aviation (B/CAl August. 1995. © 199S Aura Ml Cowauxi NEW YORK(IEB) to LOS ANGELES(LAX) VII require a stop** to complete the mission. Astra SPX is the business *~ ' jet that leaves the others m up in the air. SPX brings a whole new dimen sion to the world of business avia tion. Born of advanced technology, the fuselage fits the human form and achieves the highest degree of aerodynamics. Interior space is maxi mized while mini- Climb to the top mi zing external frontal drag. As a result, the SPX can fly non-stop** from New York City to LosAngeles at a speed of .82 mach. <° Thanks to the new more powerful, highly efficient AlliedSignal 731-40 engines, the SPX offers a range of 3595 miles. 600 miles greater than the Hawker 800. The digitally controlled engines were derived from AlliedSignal's successful turbo fan engines with a history of more than 28 million flight hours. Truly a global performer, the Astra SPX will fly you to London from New York, non-stop. Combining the 731- 40 engines with the new wing design, the SPX achieves extraordinary short field performance. On a 1.000 mile mission, it can take off from runways 500 feet shorter than any of its mid-size competitors. In fact, the SPX can take off from shorter fields than the Beechjet 400A and has a lower operating cost per mile than the Citation V Ultra. Sweet Suite The Astra SPX has one of the most versatile and capable avionics suites ever installed in a business air plane. Says B/CA. "The Astra SPX's Pro Line 4 avionics, in our opinion, is one of the most intuitive layouts we've ever seen. This is Pro Line 4 at its best."' Equipped with four 7.25-inch CRTs of which two are Primary Flight Displays, a vast amount of data is made easy to absorb and use. Your pilots will quickly feel at home in the cockpit Your CFO will approve "The Astra SPX will score an A+ in the knots-per-dollar-of-puchase- price category on the chief financial officer's tally card"' says B/CA. The Astra SPX is part of a new generation of Astra business aircraft designed for corporations, large and small, looking at new ways to reduce overhead and improve profits. After all. it all comes down to the bottom line. WHAT PRICE SPEED? s 000' -•! '•-: ['•• \SPX zooo 1 B/CA Equipped Price as published in Business 4 Commercial Aviation 1995 Planning & Purchasing Handbook. It's something we call Astranomics: the new reality in business aviation. For more information, call our president. Roy E. Bergstrom. at 1 609 987-1125 or fax us at 1 609 987-8118. / ASTR/V Leadership.. .by design
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