Cirrus Considers Personal Jet
Cirrus, manufacturer of the current best selling single engine aircraft officially announced they are planning a jet aircraft… but they said it will not be a VLJ as everyone has anticipated.
Instead, they are planning a “personal jet” that may even be powered by a single engine. Cirrus believes this jet will bridge the gap between high performance piston aircraft and VLJs.
Dale Klapmeier, executive vice president and co-founder emphasized CIRRUS’ idea of a personal jet will be an airplane designed around the pilot. “Easy for the pilot to fly, easy to operate in all environments, and just like the CIRRUS SR22, this airplane will be designed so that everyone on board will enjoy the experience. If we offer a Personal Jet it will be designed as the next step up for an SR22 pilot.”
To optimize success according to Alan Klapmeier, “such an aircraft would probably cost less than $1 million and would, of course, be equipped with the company’s signature safety device, the CIRRUS Airframe Parachute System.”
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1 opinion for Cirrus Considers Personal Jet
memo v.
May 18, 2007 at 13:09 \137\u\Friday\u
If the can hold it below the 1 million and better payload than vlj it will be for shure the winner of the battle vlj vs turboprop
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