As a 3 month Citation 501 owner, I will echo what others have said. They occcupy a really great niche for the low utilization owner operator. I'm grateful to Mike T for helping me with acquisition and for ongoing support. That said, he is not a single point of failure in the ecosystem. Just an extremely nice-to-have. The aircraft is part of a line that ended production in this century and shares parts commonality with many other aircraft produced by Cessna. There is a "Team Legacy" at Textron that is reponsive. They are not in the same league as out of production turbines built by Cessna or Piper. Similar to King Airs, lots of people have worked on them and are not afraid to do so today.

I will commit the cardinal sin of legacy Citation owners and admit that if I had the capital I would have gone with a Mustange in a heart beat. But the efficiency of that plaform is not, for me, offset by the initial price tag. I readily admit that the 501 is not for everyone, especially if you have a high utilization mission, capital available, or can take advantage of depreciation.

Mike- where is s/n 350 (and above)? looks like sometime vintage 1983, but I cannot figure it out from the table.

Mike- where is s/n 350 (and above)? looks like sometime vintage 1983, but I cannot figure it out from the table.

SOLD

Awesome. Congrats to you and the new owner.

Tarver —

Congrats on the sale! Did this have TR’s? Were TR’s optional or standard on the 501s?

Thank you!

The photos show it with TRs

TRs were optional.

can TRs be added to a legacy jet that doesn't have them? or is it cost-prohibitive?

can TRs be added to a legacy jet that doesn't have them? or is it cost-prohibitive?