The deal on CJs

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The deal on CJs Everything you need to know about pre-owned CJs BY Cyrus sigari

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he Cessna model 525 CitationJet, first delivered in 1993, was a fresh design that replaced the venerable Citation I in the single-pilot, entry level jet niche. The “CJ” was an immediate success and became the foundation for Cessna’s light-jet line. In today’s market conditions, buyers can pick up a five- to 10-year-old, like-new, single-pilot “legacy” CitationJet CJ1 or CJ2 for roughly half the price of the equivalent 525 from the current line. The 359 original CitationJets made between 1993 and 1999 came standard with an all-Honeywell cockpit. The panel featured an SPZ-5000 two-screen electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) and autopilot, Silver Crown radios, and color weather radar. Buyers could choose between a KLN-900 GPS and GNS-XSc flight management system (FMS). Other options included the “big battery” (44 amp-hour NiCad versus 25 amp-hour) and the “big bottle” (a 50-cubic-foot oxygen bottle versus 22). Cessna started delivering the second-generation CJ1 and stretched CJ2 in 1999 and 2000. The CJ2’s 33-inch longer cabin permitted an additional row of seats, allowing nine passengers plus a single pilot. Cessna built 202 CJ1s and 244 CJs before production switched to the CJ1+ and CJ2+ in 2006. These new 525s featured Rockwell Collins’ new Pro Line 21 avionics suite that eliminated the need for clunky AC electric inverters. Designers replaced the co-pilot’s analog photography by mike fizer


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