{"id":22654,"date":"2022-07-04T23:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T23:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22654"},"modified":"2022-07-04T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T23:50:57","slug":"textron-aviation-delivers-special-mission-configured-cessna-citation-longitude-in-support-of-japan-civil-aviation-bureau-flight-inspection-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/textron-aviation-delivers-special-mission-configured-cessna-citation-longitude-in-support-of-japan-civil-aviation-bureau-flight-inspection-mission\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Textron Aviation Delivers Special Mission-Configured Cessna Citation Longitude in Support of Japan Civil Aviation Bureau Flight Inspection Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Textron Aviation today announced it has delivered a special\nmission Cessna Citation Longitude jet fitted with flight inspection calibration\nequipment to be operated by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).&nbsp; The aircraft will conduct flight validation\nand flight inspection operations to ensure the integrity of the airways that\nconstitute the national airspace of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/434971-JCAB-Cessna-Citation-Longitude-Interior-Flight-Inspection-1-e0e344-original-1656427393edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22656\" width=\"314\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/434971-JCAB-Cessna-Citation-Longitude-Interior-Flight-Inspection-1-e0e344-original-1656427393edit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/434971-JCAB-Cessna-Citation-Longitude-Interior-Flight-Inspection-1-e0e344-original-1656427393edit-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><figcaption><em>Cessna Citation Longitude Flight Inspection Interior. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTextron Aviation is honored to, once again, be selected as\nthe aircraft provider of choice for the JCAB,\u201d said Bob Gibbs, vice president,\nSpecial Mission Sales for Textron Aviation. \u201cThe Longitude continues the legacy\nof Cessna Citation flight inspection jet aircraft in service by the JCAB.&nbsp; The performance, large cabin and capabilities\nof the Longitude provide the JCAB a new level of efficiency and productivity in\nmaintaining the operational integrity of its airports and airways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JCAB Longitude is outfitted with the UNIFIS 3000-G2\nflight inspection equipment to perform critical verification of navigation aids\nsuch as Instrument Landing System Category I, II, and III (ILS Cat I,II,III)\napproaches, Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), Very High Frequency\nOmni-Directional Range (VOR), Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN) and much\nmore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Longitude, the JCAB also operates five\nCitation CJ4 jets in a similar flight inspection capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cessna Citation Longitude is designed and manufactured\nby Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Textron Aviation today announced it has delivered a special mission Cessna Citation Longitude jet fitted with flight inspection calibration equipment to be operated by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).&nbsp; The aircraft will conduct flight validation and flight inspection operations to ensure the integrity of the airways that constitute the national airspace of Japan. \u201cTextron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JCAB-Cessna-Citation-Longitude-Exterior-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22654","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=22654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22659,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22654\/revisions\/22659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}