This video is a year of corporate flying in 5 minutes. It’s mostly takeoffs, landings and approaches or what I like to call the fun part of the job. I enjoy what I do and like to share that experience in my videos. In actuality, over a years’ time, I’ve flown many more flights and in more airplanes than are shown in the video. So this video is more of an attempt to give you the feel of flying as a charter pilot than a day by day account. Unfortunately, I don’t always have the chance to pull out my camera and capture what would have made great video so some of the coolest things I’ve seen I didn’t get in the video. The aircraft in the video are the Cessna Citation Mustang, Citation Encore, Citation II, Citation Excel and a Beechcraft King Air 350. Some of the video is taken while acting as the pilot or co-pilot. A few of the included scenes are of the aircraft cockpits and the cabin. The name of the music is “Full Throttle”
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A Citation II lands on Runway 23 Naples Florida
A Citation 550 crosses the beach at 3,000 ft for a landing at Naples Florida
Cessna Citation II St Louis to Dallas Love
A Citation II flight from St Louis to Dallas Love. This video includes cockpit and cabin views. The Cessna Citation II or Citation 550 was designed as a Stretched version of the Citation one configured for 8-10 passengers. It first flew in 1977 and competed with the turboprop market as a step up entry level jet. When production had ceased Cessna had built 603 CE-550’s. It’s powered by two Pratt and Whitney JT15D-4 turbofan engines that generate 2,500 lbs of thrust each. It cruises at 360 kts and has a range of 1,200nm.
ATC Communications, Citation II Landing Dallas DFW
A Cessna Citation II landing on runway 17C at Dallas DFW. This video has lots of Air Traffic Control communications. After checking in with Dallas approach the radio traffic is pretty much nonstop till aircraft shutdown.
Cessna Citation II Takeoff and Landing
A Citation 550 departs Spirit of St. Louis airport and Lands at Dallas Love.
Cessna Citation II Night Flight
A Night flight over the St. Louisarea in a Cessna Citation II (CE-550) business jet. On a clear night the lights from large cities can often be seen by pilots up to 200 miles away.
Night Flight Over St Louis
Night flight over St. Louis in a Citation II (CE-550) business jet.
Cessna Citation II Landing in Rain
The Cockpit view from a Cessna Citation 550 corporate jet as we fly around weather. We use weather radar and a GNS 530 with XM Satellite and WX Weather Service to avoid the cells. This combination is the best way to go. I like to think of the Garmin as my strategic display for weather planning and the weather radar as my tactical display for maneuvering around cells. At our destination we have to fly around some cells and get into a little rain just before landing.