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Cessna Reaches Agreement With Thielert

It has been announced that there is now an agreement between Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. Company and Germany’s Thielert Aircraft Engines. More details are expected to emerge later this year.

Cessna Vice President, Worldwide Propeller Aircraft Sales, John Doman said. “We think the Thielert engine may provide a very worthwhile power option for many of our customers ,since it runs on jet fuel and diesel. We have had discussions with Frank Thielert and his group for sometime, and we think the time is right to move forward.”

Frank Thielert, CEO of Thielert Aircraft Engines says. “We have a number of products that are of interest to Cessna and we are so excited to be moving forward in our relationship. The benefits are documented, so we have great confidence the customers of Cessna would be pleased with the savings and reliability.

Since 2002 Thielert has won several European certifications for retrofitting diesel engines into Cessna aircraft. Low fuel consumption, electronic engine control systems, and improved hot and high engine preformance are features of the Thielert engines.

The worlds largest manufacturer of general aviation airplanes is Cessna. They delivered 1,239 in 2006. This includes 307 citation jets. The company which was established in 1927 has overall delivered 189,000 airplanes to nearly every country in the world.

www.cessna.com will tell you more.
Now operating in 32 countries Textron Inc is a $11 billion multi-industry with 40,000 employees. To learn more go to

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