African Pilot

Cessna Citation Latitude

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The Citation® Latitude® jet boasts one of the most spacious, most refined cabin environmen­ts in the midsize jet category. At 77 inches, wide, six feet tall and more than 21 feet long with a flat floor, stand up cabin, the Latitude was built for comfort. Twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D1 FADEC-controlled turbofan engines deliver the Latitude’s impressive performanc­e.The flight deck powered by Garmin G5000™ revolution­ises the way pilots access flight data. With just a few flicks of the finger, pilots can take command of the aircraft’s robust navigation, traffic, surveillan­ce and communicat­ions systems.

In addition, the integrated flight management system provides extensive navigation and flight-planning as well as en route, take-off and landing performanc­e informatio­n. Pilots have three 14-inch landscape flight displays, which can function independen­tly as a primary flight display or multifunct­ion display. The displays also function in multi-pane mode, the centre pedestal for PFD control and two additional panels control each MFD. Pilots can customise displays via the touch screen control panels, organising and prioritisi­ng the flight data presented. The Garmin™ Synthetic Vision Technology™ (GVT) system offers a virtual-reality view of terrain, obstacles, traffic and runways-everything beyond the widescreen. Using the terrain-altering database, pilots get a realistic picture of what lies beyond the nose of the Citation Latitude. Garmin SVT enhances pilots’situationa­l awareness by creating a virtual depiction of ground and water features, obstacles and traffic, even in a solid IFR or night time Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions.

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