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The Cessna 400 demonstrator is due to be arriving in the country today, and will be doing the rounds showing itself off, so keep your eyes peeled.

It was supposed to be at AAC on the 4th - did that not happen then?

Theres a couple of pics of the 400 in this thread along with lots of other interesting stuff

Cheers for the link Naki.

Alex

Thats toppled me , that little Cessna400 .. looks like they made to be presurised ? i don't keep up with the light general aviation but was expecting something in the PC12 class .

It was at AAC on friday and was there the whole weekend

Captured a pic on my cell phone, sorry bout the quality of the pic.
The cessna 400 looks real nice and sounds like it flys real nice too.

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 9 2008, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thats toppled me , that little Cessna400 .. looks like they made to be presurised ? i don't keep up with the light general aviation but was expecting something in the PC12 class .

The 400 name came from the Columbia 400 whom made the plane before taken over by Cessna. (Columbia went broke) .....and the Columbia 400 had its roots back to the Lancair Columbia which was a home build ...and there was a pressurised version of the homebuilt (and a turboprop) - but yes Cessna 400 conjures up images of Cessna 402s, 421s etc It is a fast little machine and completely different to any other Cessna - closest competitor would be the Cirrus SR22 Turbo

Thanks for info Paul , surprised with thick frames tho ... thought general av preferred hi vis in this area

Saw it doing a few circuits out at Ardmore today, appears to have a pretty impressive rate of climb.

......and heres a pic of the Columbia 350 at Wanaka in 2006 which I posted here a while ago - this was before they were taken over by Cessna