page_title: Cessna Citation family
section_title: Citation II/Bravo
hierarchical_section_title: Cessna Citation family / Models / Citation II/Bravo
caption_attribution_description: North Las Vegas Airport (IATA: VGT, ICAO: KVGT, FAA LID: VGT) 11-1-2010 By: TDelCoro
context_page_description: The Cessna Citation family is Cessna's business jets line, forming the largest business jet fleet. The first Citation was put into service in 1972 and more than 35 million flight hours have been logged since.
  Fifty years after the first flight, more than 7,500 Citations have been delivered.
  It started with the small Citation I prototype flying on September 15, 1969, and produced until 1985, developed into the 1978-2006 Citation II/Bravo, the 1989-2011 Citation V/Ultra/Encore and the CitationJet since 1993.
  The standup Citation III/VI/VII was delivered from 1983 to 2000, its fuselage was reused in the Citation X/X+ delivered from 1996 to 2018, the Excel since 1998 and the Sovereign since 2004.
  The Mustang was a Very Light Jet delivered from 2006 to 2017 while the flat floor fuselage Latitude has been delivered since 2015 and the larger Longitude from 2019.
context_section_description: The Cessna Citation II (Model 550) series of Citation jets are light corporate jets built by Cessna.
  Stretched from the Citation I, it was announced in September 1976, first flew on January 31, 1977 was certified in March 1978.
  The II/SP is a single pilot version, the improved S/II first flew on February 14, 1984 and the Citation Bravo upgraded with new avionics and P&WC PW530A turbofans on April 25, 1995, while the United States used it as the T-47.
  Production ceased in 2006 after 1184 were delivered.
caption: model 550 Citation II
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