Cessna flew its CJ4 prototype for the first time on Monday and by all accounts it went well. It was an outstanding first flight," said test pilot Dan Morris, who flew the aircraft with engineering flight test manager Dave Bonifield as co-pilot. "We tested quite a number of the systems on the aircraft, including the autopilot, and all performed very well." The flight lasted two hours and 22 minutes and onboard telemetry sent systems data to Cessna's engineering facility. Two more test articles are under construction at the company's Pawnee Advanced Engineering facility in Wichita. The CJ4 is a beefier and technologically advanced progression of the CJ3.
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