At least one aircraft maker had a lot to be thankful for this past Thanksgiving. The day before the holiday, the Federal Aviation Administration awarded Cessna Aircraft Co. a certificate to begin production of the new Citation Mustang jet. When it rolled its first Mustang out of the hangar at Independence, Kan., later that day, its first customer, Kent Scott, president of Scott Aviation of Fresno, Calif., was waiting on the tarmac to take possession.
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