Hot New Cessna


Last week I had the fun of taking a customer to Bend, Oregon for the delivery of a brand new Cessna 400.

While photos are not allowed inside the factory, take my word, this aircraft is built STRONG with exceptional quality.  Take a customer for delivery here, it's all WOW.



Here's a snaphot inside the cockpit.




Now we're airborne on the first flight from the factory.  I'm 6 feet 5 inches tall, in the right seat.  Lot's of legroom and space.  I can completely stretch my legs out as there is room beneath and behind the rudder pedals to do so.

Fit and finish and wonderful car-like design.  The climate control let's you set a single temperature and uses A/C or heat, whatever's required.

At FL190, you can run economy at 198 KTAS or for speed at 220 KTAS, you choose.


We were satisfied with 198 KTAS at 15.1 gph.  1,100 to 1,200 miles range is doable.  (That means Maine to Newfoundland to Greenland to Iceland to tour Europe without modification to the plane.  Easy.)

The United Airlines airlines took over 12 hours getting us from Omaha to Bend, Oregon.  We cut the time in half with no rush to make our plane, to worry about seating, and the freedom to stop when and wherever we want.

Great window seats:


Simply a private jet airliner.

These are amazing times in aviation.
Posted by Stephen T Wilson at 10/29/2008 9:52 AM
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  • 12/6/2008 1:59 PM Cathy wrote:
    Robby liked the airplane movie. But he would like you to send some with helicopters - they are his favorite!
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  • 5/12/2009 6:48 PM tango wrote:
    from what I watched via Y tube,I think it's good.but my question is How many passenger can this type be in board,what's maintance cost?need 2 know much!!!!?????
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  • 8/23/2009 1:28 PM Joren wrote:
    Sorry for bothering you so much, but I yet again have another question, do you have any knowledge of any aerodynamic changes to the 350/400 after Cessna purchased the design? I just see more and more proof on this website that the aircraft lives up to the book specifications, but all other sources I can seem to find have less appealing reported speeds? Any ideas? I'm pretty sure that the majority of aviation magazines can't all be biased so much that they would report false information and yet you have photographic evidence to the contrary.

    I know the aircraft didn't live up to its book when I took a flight in a 2005 model loaded up to about gross weight on a toasty Texas day, but again, you have these photographs. Pretty mistifying isn't it?
    Regards,
    Joren
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    1. 8/26/2009 9:59 AM Stephen Wilson wrote:
      Hi Joren,

      There have been no changes in design that affect speed.

      Thanks for your comments.

      Steve
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