Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Cessna Denali

Unveiled last year, and officially named "Denali" yesterday, "Cessna" plan to introduce their new single engine turboprop in 2018. Catching up on the success of the Pilatus PC-12, Piper Meridian and Daher TBM will be a challenge, although the Textron board are possibly relying on Pilatus dropping out of the race in a few years. Named after the Alaskan Denali National Park, the name elected is unusual as it breaks with a long standing tradition that Cessna type names start with the letter "C". Possibly, Textron are not too fussed with historical conventions and are making their mark that any association with the Cessna name should slowly disappear .

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