On Monday, October 21st, Textron Aviation revealed that one of its newest business jet variants, the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3, had conducted its maiden flight. The flight occurred in early October, but was not revealed until this week. This announcement came ahead of the annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the largest business aviation conferences in the world. The first flight of the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 is one of the newest aircraft that Textron Aviation has announced, in addition to other upgrades to the CitationJet fleet, including the Citation M2 Gen3 and the Citation CJ3 Gen3.