Category Archives: Cessna Citation

Cessna Citation M2, Steep Turns and Landing Punta Gorda, FL


Flying the Citation M2, the newest version of the Cessna Citation Jet. The M2 is an absolute pleasure to fly. It’s an upgrade of the original CJ that has six passenger seats and is powered by the dependable Williams FJ-144 engines. It cruises at 400 knots and has the original service ceiling of 41,000 ft. The instrument panel has been completely redone and is now dominated by the three panel Garmin 3000. The new Garmin avionics are incredibly capable but, require a steep learning curve. FlightSafety is now requiring any pilot upgrading to the M2, who doesn’t have previous Garmin 3000 experience, to take a one time two day course on the avionics suite. Citation-2Bm2-2BGarmin-2B3000-2BInstrument-2BPanelHalf the switches are gone and the systems they controlled are now selected and managed through the Garmin touch controllers, GTU’s. This isn’t always a plus. Now instead of just flipping a fan switch, you have to flip through a couple of pages to get to the selection option. The avionics master switch has been removed and when you turn on the battery the avionics come on. This is an odd adjustment if you transitioned from aircraft that would drain the battery in ten minutes if everything is powered up. The avionics now have their own full size battery. Systems are powered by the original battery. With the loss of both generators, and both batteries fully charged, you now have one hour till the total loss of avionics power. A properly managed electrical failure in this airplane is almost a non event. You still have one full panel in front of the pilot providing all the required information. Some of the other changes are the removal of one of the engine fire bottles, no inverters due to the fact that all lights are now LED’s and all equipment requiring ac power have integral inverters. Cessna-2BCitation-2BM2-2BInteriorThe aircraft now has little winglets I like to call them stubies but, they are more for marketing appeal than anything else. Cessna had originally planed to provide the M2 with an option for an electric windshield but, recently announced that they had discontinued any plans to do so. In this video we go out for some training before picking up our clearance to Punta Gorda Florida. Some of the basic weights are maximum ramp weight 10,800 lbs., Maximum takeoff weight 10,700 lbs,  maximum landing weight 9,900 lbs. Maximum fuel is 3,296 lbs and fuel burn is 800 the first hour then 700 lbs and 600 lbs.

Cessna Citation Encore Landing Centennial Airport, TCAS ALERT, Gopro


A Cessna Citation Encore Landing on runway 17L at the Centennial Airport (KAPA) in Denver Colorado. This is a visual approach to the runway. At the beginning of the video we get a traffic alert from the TCAS for traffic to our left. Both of the pilots are looking for the traffic but never visually acquire it and the flying pilot initiates a turn to the right for traffic avoidance. This is the second flying video I’ve made with my Gopro camera and I”m still trying to get a balance between the cockpit and the view out of the front of the aircraft. There’s a substantial amount of snow on the ground that adds to the white seen out the windshield.

Cessna Citation II Approaching Storms and Landing Nashville


A Cessna Citation II (CE-550) departing just before a thunder storm moves over the airport. As we taxi the aircraft to the runway you can see the shelf cloud of the approaching storm. This was an empty flight where we were doing some flight training so you can hear discussion of speeds to use and technique. The Citation is a probably on of the easiest jets to learn to fly. During the visual approach we pick up some light rain and the landing is on runway 2C at the Nashville International Airport (KBNA).

Cessna Citation Landing at Cahokia Gopro


Cessna Citation Encore flying a visual approach and landing to runway 12R at the St. Louis Downtown Cahokia Airport (KCPS). The copilot is the flying pilot and we have a good view of downtown St. Louis and the Gateway Arch as we turn from the downwind to base leg. This is my first aviation video with a Gopro camera.

Citation Mustang Landing Rogers Arkansas


A beautiful day for a Cessna Mustang single pilot flight to Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field Arkansas. This was the day after northwest Arkansas was hit by a winter storm. I approach the airport from the east and fly a right base for a landing on runway 2. You can see lots of snow on the ground and the snow plow has cleared a narrow strip down the center of the runway. ATC and tower radio communications can be heard in the audio.

Cessna Citation Mustang Landing DFW, De-ice Boots


Flying the Cessna Citation Mustang single pilot to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and landing on runway 35C. During the climb out I picked up some clear ice on the wing leading edge. In this video you can easily see the ice breaking up and flying off the leading edge. When the deice boots are activated, they’re inflated with bleed air from the engines. The expanding rubber boot breaks the ice and it falls away into the slip stream. The ability to shed ice from the airframe is very important. Ice can accumulate rapidly on the airframe. As it does it adds weight, creates drag, and changes the shape of the wing thus reducing lift. It doesn’t take much ice to affect aircraft performance. This video shows much more of the cockpit instrument panel and you can easily see me paging through Garmin G1000 to load the Bonham Six arrival and the ILS 35C approach. I have an ipad on which I’ve loaded the Foreflight app and I’ve just started using it. We’re still required to have the NOS paper charts though. Air Traffic control communications can be heard in the 2nd half of the video.

Cessna Citation Encore Early Morning Landing DFW Airport


A Cessna Citation Encore (CE560) business jet flying a visual approach and landing on runway 35R at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. DFW is the 2nd largest airport in the US and the 3rd busiest in the world. This is the pilots view from the cockpit.

Cessna Citation Encore Cabin, Cockpit, and Landing


Flying the Cessna Citation into St. Louis. This is an early morning arrival and landing of a Citation Encore at Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS). The vast majority of St. Louis bound general aviation aircraft land at the Spirit Airport. We’re flying a visual approach and landing on runway 26L with a left base turn to final. The video starts with an interior view of the main entry door and the passenger cabin area. In the cockpit I point out the visual reference we use to set the seat position before the flight. By lining up the orange and white reference balls the pilots set the seat position so that their eyes are in approximately the same position every flight. This is done in order to ensure that the sight picture through the forward windshield is always the same for visually adjusting the aircraft attitude for landing. Our landing was uneventful. Unfortunately, a Cessna 210 that was landing after us, made a gear up landing. After picking up our passengers we pass the disabled aircraft as we taxi to the smaller runway.

A Cessna Citation 560 Landing Nashville and ATC traffic


A Cessna Citation Encore (CE560) makes a visual approach and landing to runway 2R at the Nashville International Airport (BNA). This early morning arrival into Nashville starts with a left downwind to runway 2R that takes us over the downtown area of the city. This can be a surprisingly busy airport. At times there are so many Southwest flights arriving and departing that you would think they owned this place. For student pilots this video has lots of ATC radio communications traffic as well as a good cockpit view of the landing.

Cessna Citation Encore TCAS and Landing


A Cessna Citation Encore takes off in the rain from the Nashville International Airport (BNA). On takeoff the windshield bleed valves are opened to blow the rain of off the windshield. This system routes hot bleed air from the engines to the windshield to remove ice or rain. During the cruise phase of the flight we look at the TCAS display on the MFD and see it’s indicating crossing traffic at 1,000 ft above us. Once we’re in the terminal area we do a visual approach and landing to runway 26L at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS). There’s lots of ATC radio traffic in the video and I tried to position the camera get more of the cockpit and instrument panel in the video.