{"id":21613,"date":"2022-04-11T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21613"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:00:54","slug":"first-cessna-citation-m2-gen2-enters-service-following-faa-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/first-cessna-citation-m2-gen2-enters-service-following-faa-certification\/%20","title":{"rendered":"First Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 Enters Service Following FAA Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Textron Aviation is celebrating the first delivery of the\nCessna Citation M2 Gen2 light jet, following the completion of Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) type certification. Elite Team Offices, headquartered in\nClovis, California, recently took delivery of the first production Citation M2\nGen2. The milestone comes less than six months after Textron Aviation announced\nthe latest model during the 2021 National Business Aviation Association &#8211;\nBusiness Aviation Convention &amp; Exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Citation-M2-GEN-2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21614\" width=\"222\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Citation-M2-GEN-2-.jpg 667w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Citation-M2-GEN-2--200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption><em> The M2 Gen2 is designed and produced by Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe redefined the entry-level light jet segment when we\nbrought the Citation M2 to market in 2013, and with this integration of next\ngeneration interior technology and design, we know the M2 Gen2 will continue to\nbe among the most popular light jet models,\u201d said Christi Tannahill, senior\nvice president, Customer Experience. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to get this airplane into\nthe hands of the customers who helped shape it. Guy Stockbridge and his Elite\nTeam Offices operation represent the ideal customer for the M2 Gen2: a\nfirst-time aircraft owner whose missions demand a versatile aircraft with\nperformance and cabin amenities often found only in larger jets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stockbridge, owner of Elite Team Offices, started his\nenterprise as a home-based landscape maintenance business in 1987.&nbsp; Today Elite Team Offices employs more than\n500 people across its landscape, landscape management, renewable energy civil\ngrading, vertical and development construction companies spread across the\nentire nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited beyond explanation on finally owing our own\nlight jet and what it will do for me, my wife, our teammates and clients,\u201d\nStockbridge said. \u201cKnowing we can get to any project we have across the United\nStates in hours seems unbelievable and amazing at the same time. We are looking\nforward to flying out of Wichita in our new M2 Gen2 jet straight to one of our\nsolar projects in Arizona and be at home in the same day. What a blessing!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Textron Aviation is celebrating the first delivery of the Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 light jet, following the completion of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification. Elite Team Offices, headquartered in Clovis, California, recently took delivery of the first production Citation M2 Gen2. 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