Farnborough, U.K., November 6, 2007 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has delivered the first European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified Citation Mustang to the Danish entrepreneur Jørgen Andersen. The aircraft will be privately owned and operated by Andersen and his company JAI.

This is the second Citation Mustang delivered to a European customer following the recently announced delivery to Jane Howell of a U.S. registered aircraft.

Andersen has been a Cessna Citation customer for a number of years and has previously owned a Citation 501. He has been flying jets for the last 10 years.

The Citation Mustang, recently named "Product of the Year" by The Aviation Consumer, became the first of a new category of entry-level jets to achieve both full U.S. Federal Aviation Administration type certification (September 8, 2006) and EASA certification (May 21, 2007).

The six-place Citation Mustang has a top speed of 340 ktas, a range of 1,150 nautical miles and a service ceiling of 41,000 feet. Cessna has booked more than 400 orders for the aircraft and has delivered 36 Mustangs from the Independence, Kan., facility since deliveries began earlier this year.

The company is on track to deliver 44 aircraft in 2007 and plans to ramp up production to 150 Mustangs per year by 2009.

Based on unit sales, Cessna Aircraft Company is the world's largest manufacturer of general aviation airplanes. In 2006, Cessna delivered 1,239 aircraft, including 307 Citation business jets, and reported revenues of about $4.2 billion. Cessna has a current backlog of $11.9 billion. Since the company was originally established in 1927, some 190,000 Cessna airplanes have been delivered to nearly every country in the world. The global fleet of more than 5,000 Citations is the largest fleet of business jets in the world. More information about Cessna Aircraft Company is available at http://www.cessna.com.

Textron Inc. is an $11 billion multi-industry company operating in 32 countries with approximately 40,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Fluid & Power, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available at http://www.textron.com.

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