Should Angelina Jolie be Flying a Cirrus
Starplulse has an article questioning if Angelina Jolie should be flying a Cirrus. Of course I question how much the author knows about the Cirrus since he referred to it as a “speedy jet”. Yes it is speedy… jet it is not. ;)
Specifically they question her experience saying that she has 80 hours in a 172.
“Letting an inexperienced, novice pilot like Angelina Jolie fly it is like giving a Ferrari to a 16-year-old boy. It’s a recipe for disaster. It is the fastest plane in its class. It climbs like a missile. Miss Jolie should fly something more sedate for a while. This airplane is a thoroughbred that needs experience to control.”
While other people point out that the Cirrus is a very safe aircraft and that the parachute would assist in any emergency.
“Yes, it’s a very high performance plane but it comes equipped with an air-frame parachute which safely gets the craft to the ground; if you get yourself into trouble, you just pull the handle and talk to the insurance company later.”
Ummm….. Wouldn’t it be better if you never god yourself into trouble to begin with and didn’t need the chute?
landed on starpulse.
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2 opinions for Should Angelina Jolie be Flying a Cirrus
Yesenia
May 16, 2007 at 02:52 \135\u\Wednesday\u
WOW! shes got a plane she is really fearless
Perry
Mar 12, 2008 at 14:56 \71\u\Wednesday\u
Mr. Flight is right, the Cirrus is not a jet. Angelina takes an instructor many times while flying. She’s no dummy.
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