“When you get into the larger aircraft it becomes like a hotel, with dozens of staff supporting the plane based in a galley area down below. You have very comprehensive cooking facilities, and on larger aircraft we have looked at theatres, with spiral staircases and a Steinway grand piano. The limitations for what you can put inside a plane are pretty much the limits of physics, and even money cannot always overcome that. Even so, people are still always trying to push [the limits]. ”
Cessna Brings Home a Wounded Veteran
Cessna Aircraft Company’s third Veterans Airlift Command mission delivered wounded Private First Class Shawn Williams home to Wichita on December 14. On hand to greet him were several hundred Cessna employees, his family (Williams' stepfather works for Cessna) and the local American Legion Riders. Williams was injured in Afghanistan in June, when the Stryker he was driving hit an IED. He was airlifted to Germany, then to Washington and ultimately to San Antonio, for treatment at the Brooke Army Medical Center. He suffered burns to his hands and face, had pins inserted into his foot and was confined to a wheelchair until three weeks ago. Earlier this year, Cessna joined with Veterans Airlift Command to provide free transportation for injured veterans. The aircraft manufacturer has designated a Citation Mustang, named the “American Patriot,” to fly its missions, the first of which occurred on November 10.