First delivery of Excel Eagles
Phase Two to begin
CitationPartners, a firm that transforms older Cessna Citation Excels, announced that the first of its upgraded twinjets—dubbed Citation Excel Eagles—was delivered on June 25 to North Central Aviation of Blaine, Minnesota. The rejuvenated Excel comes with a Garmin G5000 avionics suite, and new interior and paint, among other improvements.
Photo courtesy of CitationPartners.
Greg Krantz, director of Operations for North Central Aviation, commented on its new Excel Eagle by saying, “The exceptional quality of the Eagle, combined with its airframe, engine, and APU support programs, have frankly exceeded our expectations. The process from day one was just like acquiring a totally new aircraft.”
AOPA detailed the Excel Eagle program in March.
Thomas A. Horne
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Tom Horne worked at AOPA from the early 1980s until he retired from his role as AOPA Pilot editor at large and Turbine Pilot editor in 2023. He began flying in 1975 and has an airline transport pilot and flight instructor certificates. He’s flown everything from ultralights to Gulfstreams and ferried numerous piston airplanes across the Atlantic.
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