Once The Leading Edge Of A GA Renewal, Cirrus Is Proving To Be
A GA Embarrassment
News and Analysis By Jim Campbell, ANN E-I-C
Through most of 2008, the Cirrus revolution appeared to be in
full swing -- even with the spectre of an uncertain economy on the
horizon. A number of solidly successful years bode well for the
first new company in a long while to boast the building of over
4000 new airplanes (at that time) and the unveiling and
announcement of the radically new Cirrus single-engine jet program
proved that Alan Klapmeier's vision was going strong... For well
over a decade (including their experimental/kit-build years), the
Cirrus program set the industry abuzz with imagination, innovation
and (possibly best of all) a spirit of openness and transparency
that ha