{"id":21329,"date":"2022-03-14T14:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21329"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:18:15","slug":"cessna-skycourier-twin-utility-turboprop-earns-faa-type-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/cessna-skycourier-twin-utility-turboprop-earns-faa-type-certification\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Cessna SkyCourier Twin Utility Turboprop Earns FAA Type Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Textron Aviation announced the Federal Aviation\nAdministration has granted type certification for the new twin-engine,\nlarge-utility turboprop Cessna SkyCourier. Using a clean-sheet design and\nadvanced manufacturing processes, the high-wing aircraft\u2019s production line is\nunderway, and the first unit will soon enter the market with launch customer\nFedEx Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The FAA\u2019s Paul (Vu) Nguyen, acting manager of the Wichita ACO Branch (left) presents type certification of the Cessna SkyCourier to Chris Hearne, Textron Aviation\u2019s senior vice president of Engineering. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Cessna SkyCourier is designed and produced by Textron\nAviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAchieving FAA certification for the Cessna SkyCourier\ndemonstrates the expertise and hard work of our employees, as well as Textron\nAviation\u2019s continued investment in providing solutions for our customers,\u201d said\nRon Draper, president and CEO, Textron Aviation. \u201cOur clean-sheet design brings\nto this segment what customers said they need: the ability to load, fly, unload\nand repeat with low operating costs and maximum cabin flexibility and\nefficiency. We expect the SkyCourier to be a workhorse of the fleet for FedEx\nand many other customers around the globe for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three SkyCourier aircraft accumulated more than 2,100 hours\nthroughout the flight test program, which formally started with an inaugural\nflight in May 2020. The company rolled out the first production unit of the\nSkyCourier earlier this year at the company\u2019s manufacturing facility in\nWichita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Representatives from the FAA and Textron Aviation stand in front of the Cessna SkyCourier as they celebrate the aircraft’s certification. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Launch customer FedEx Express has agreed to an initial fleet\norder of 50 cargo aircraft and options for 50 more. FedEx Express participated\nin Textron Aviation\u2019s Customer Advisory Board along with other fleet operators\nto help shape the aircraft\u2019s design, features and serviceability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Textron Aviation announced the Federal Aviation Administration has granted type certification for the new twin-engine, large-utility turboprop Cessna SkyCourier. Using a clean-sheet design and advanced manufacturing processes, the high-wing aircraft\u2019s production line is underway, and the first unit will soon enter the market with launch customer FedEx Express. The Cessna SkyCourier is designed and produced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SkyCourier-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21333,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21329\/revisions\/21333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}