Cessna’s Citation Ten regains prominence as the fastest
civil aircraft in the world with an increase of its maximum speed to Mach .935.
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced this
speed record today with partner, Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (CGRT) and their
owner Chip Ganassi at the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma in Sonoma, Calif.
“As our founder Clyde Cessna
said, ‘speed is the only reason for flying,’ so at Cessna we design, engineer,
manufacture and fly the fastest civil aircraft in the world – not for us, but
for our customers so they can work faster, more efficiently and get the job
done,” said Scott Ernest, Cessna President and CEO. “Through innovation,
creativity and a desire to exceed our customers’ expectations, the Cessna team
took the already powerful Citation Ten and made it that much better. That’s why
partnering with racing legend Chip Ganassi makes so much sense as he knows a
little something about speed as well. ”
For the four-time defending
IZOD IndyCar Series Champion, speed is a way of doing business — whether on the
race track or managing his seven teams across three completely different forms
of racing — the value of speed to his business is unmatched.
“My teams compete in nearly 70
races a year and I try to make it to as many as I can,” said Ganassi. “The
races might be on the same weekend and sometimes even on the same day and
thousands of miles apart. So like any business owner, time is one of my most
valuable assets. This airplane shrinks the map for me and has become a vital
piece of my business allowing me to spend more time at the track and with my
teams. You couldn’t put a value on how important it is to my business.”
To celebrate this
announcement, Cessna and CGRT have deepened their partnership with a new
associate sponsorship that will give Cessna a presence on all four of Ganassi’s
race cars – the No. 9 driven by Scott Dixon, the No. 10 driven by Dario
Franchitti, the No. 38 driven by Graham Rahal and the No. 83 driven by Charlie
Kimball, at this weekend’s race
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