Cessna SkyCatcher Prototype Completes First Flight.

Travel & Leisure Close-Up, March, 2008

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Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron company, completed the first flight of its Model 162 SkyCatcher prototype on Saturday.

The first flight of the SkyCatcher is a significant step ahead toward our goal of bringing an affordable training aircraft to market, said Jack Pelton, Cessna s chairman, president and CEO. There is a lot of excitement at Cessna as we progress through our many developmental programs and I m very proud of our teams for continuing to stay on track.

The one-hour SkyCatcher flight departed Cessna Aircraft Field Airport adjacent to McConnell Air Force Base just after 7 a.m. and...

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