Cirrus Renews The Turbo... With An All-Continental Power Package

ANN's Boss and Chief Test Pilot is always happy to get a call about flying a new airplane... and when a most recent call informed him that a new version of the SR22 Turbo was on its way to see him, he was VERY interested. Owning an SR22 Turbo for a year and a half, such an announcement was bound to cause curiosity as he experience we have had with his machine has been truly exemplary... which begs one to question -- if it wasn't broke, why change it? 

Cirrus has some interesting answers to that questions... namely their belief that the airplane is quieter,smoother, more powerful and READY for a number of fuel options that can only make a new owner feel somewhat better with all the uncertainty about the future of 100LL fuel.

 Over an hour's test flying and some tight air-to-air provided some interesting data... though the real proof of the pudding will come as new owners take possession and use and abuse them in the coming months.

Cirrus Aircraft is a member of the global portfolio of Arcapita companies. Its SR20 and SR22 family of composite airplanes incorporate innovative and advanced performance and safety technologies, including the unique Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS™).

As of mid 2010, total time on the worldwide Cirrus Aircraft SR-series fleet surpassed 3.5 million hours with more than 40 lives saved to date as a direct result of CAPS being a standard safety feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The Cirrus Aircraft Vision Jet, with nearly 500 production positions reserved, will provide a new personal and regional business transportation solution - the 'personal jet'.

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