The Grandson Of The "Plane That Started It ALL"
With all the hub-bub about exhorbitant fuel prices, Cirrus
Design's thriftier SR20 is getting LOTS of second looks form pilots
who KNOW that the fuel price problem is not likely to go away any
time soon. The advent of a much upgraded version of the SR20... a
"Third generation" bird is even more reason to get excited about
the "bird that started the revolution."
Cirrus Chairman and CEO Alan Klapmeier remarked that, "When the
SR20 was certified in 1998, it literally shook up the whole
industry and put us on the map," he said. "Until then, we were
thought of as a kit manufacturer, but when the industry took note
of the SR20's incredible design as well as its many innovations and
safety features, they knew we were a force to be reckoned with.
Soon, other manufacturers started to copy us."
Klapmeier added, "With the 2008 SR20, we've designed a plane
that will satisfy most everyone - whether they're a beginning
student, an experienced pilot looking for personal transportation,
or a flight training center wanting to expand their operation. For
10 years, the SR20 has won a loyal following of satisfied pilots.
And now, this airplane will satisfy the needs of a whole new
generation of pilots."
Cirrus Interim Vice President of Sales (Then) , John Gauch said
he's especially proud of the SR20's reengineered wing, designed
with a new carbon-fiber spar that reduces the airplane's overall
weight and provides an outstanding strength-to-weight ratio. He
also noted that many new features were added to the SR20 without
adding any weight.
"Due to the larger wing on the new SR20, we've been able to
increase the useful load, so pilots can take more with them
wherever they fly. We wanted the SR20 to be versatile, rugged, and
technologically advanced, yet simple to fly and affordable to
maintain. Our 2008 SR20 offers customers exceptional value,
extraordinary safety features, and exquisite craftsmanship."
The SR20's uses a Continental to produce 200-hp while a
redesigned (and longer) wing gives pilots greater climb performance
than ever before. Cirrus notes that, "The plane boasts a spacious
49-inch-wide cabin that will keep all occupants relaxed in an
atmosphere of lavish ergonomic seating and a superior
climate-controlled environment. Oversized doors allow for easy
entry and exit, while the unique rear window brings in additional
light to create a brighter, more comfortable ambient environment.
Luxurious leather seats surround pilot and passengers, making even
longer flights a relaxing experience."
Aero-TV Takes in A Briefing
On The NEW SR20-G3!!!
About Aero-TV: It's DEFINITELY Show
Time!!!!
OK, folks, here we go... we are NOW initiating the first
feature programming series for Aero-TV... we're going to take it
slow, but we're also going to try and be steady about this. DO
UNDERSTAND that this is the most complex media program we've ever
undertaken and what you're seeing is just the tip of the iceberg...
but from here on out, we will be doing our best to educate,
inform, and entertain YOU about all aspects of the exciting worlds
of aviation and aerospace.
If you've been an observer of the media and associated media
industries over the last few years, it's not hard to mistake the
fact that a massive revolution is taking place. Old sources for
news and information are falling by the wayside, having to change
their modus operandi or risk obsolescence (or extinction).
Electronic media and print media are both under the assault of
progress, and the online world has been a cornerstone for
revolutionary change.
We've been ready to go for a while, but to be honest, there's so
much more to this program than we've alluded to, and so we've been
building and planning a massive new organization within ANN. That
said, we're hiring talented new people as
fast as we can find them (a far more difficult
task than we had imagined -- REALLY good people are hard to find),
and we're brainstorming at speeds that would make a deorbiting
Space Shuttle feel like a slug. Suffice it to say that we wanted to
do this right, rather than right-now, and that the development of
this program has been the most carefully pursued undertaking we've
ever undertaken.
E-I-C Note: The
complete feature shown above is embedded in this
story, with most of the slick and useful functionality
otherwise available on the main Aero-TV site (which will be
upgraded aggressively over the next few weeks). The ability to
embed a video on another web page is but one of the hundreds
of amazing little features that we've worked hard on, for many
months now, to implement in different phases of the initial
release of Aero-TV. It is, BY NO MEANS, the only way to enjoy
unaltered Aero-TV programming on other parts of the web... as we
have extensive plans for future functionality, but this
feature allows those with an interest in a specific Aero-TV News or
Feature program to embed it on a different web site, though we
must note that we reserve the right to forbid such use for those
sites or purposes that we do not feel fit in with the proper
mission of the Aero-News Network, Inc.
Webmasters or Administrators of well-trafficked aviation or
aerospace related sites, are welcome to contact the Publisher to
start conversations on how they may be able to leverage some of the
immense power of Aero-TV programming for their sites and
constituency by clicking the I Want Aero-TV For
MY Website! link.
Coming Soon!
ANN Is Proud to Present An EXTENSIVE Three Part
Series On The College Park Airport Controversy!, Aero-TV Shows You
How To Build A Glasair Sportsman 2+2 in RECORD TIME, Flies The
Piper Matrix, Hears What's Hot At Blue Mountain Avionics, Gets
Some GREAT Rotax Lessons, Gets Updated On ALL Things Lopresti, Has
A FUN Chat With Corkey Fornof, Sees What Happens When AMTs Compete,
Checks Out The Ltest in Life-Raft technologies, More On
Gobosh--This Time, Though, On the NEW G800!, Checks Out More "HIGH"
Tech at I/ITSEC 2007, Hears From AOPA On Critical Aviation
Issues, Spills Some Juicy (and HIGHLY Detailed) Cirrus G3
Info, Scores A BUNCH of LSA Reports, and SO MUCH
MORE!!!!! Do NOT Miss Them!
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