Cessna Aircraft Company has announced the launch of its fifth massive Citation Special Olympics Airlift.  Cessna Citation owners will come together to transport more than 2,500 Special Olympics athletes and coaches from approximately 35 states to Des Moines International Airport on July 1, 2006.

Corporations and individual Citation owners and operators donate their Citation business jets, pilots, and fuel to transport athletes to the Games.  A Special Olympics Citation will land or take off every 60-90 seconds during a 12-hour period. After the conclusion of the National Games on July 8, the Special Olympics Citation fleet will return to Des Moines to pick up the athletes and return them to their homes. Citations will travel approximately one-and-a-half to three hours each way, and each Citation will transport four to seven athletes plus one coach or sponsor.

Read the Cessna Story: Citation Special Olympics Event