Duluth, Minn. & Knoxville, Tenn. (8 January 2019) – Cirrus Aircraft today announced the launch of the next generation of theVision JetTM – ‘G2’ – enhancing performance, comfort and safety for the world’s first single-engine Personal JetTM. Increases in cruise altitude, speed and range join the newly-upgraded Perspective Touch+TM by Garmin® flight deck. Innovative technologies unique to G2 include a category-first Autothrottle, Flight Stream connectivity and more. Enhancing the passenger experience, new executive seats, thoughtfully-engineered noise reduction and a passenger productivity console highlight numerous G2 cabin upgrades.
“The Cirrus Aircraft story is one of relentless innovation,” said Pat Waddick, President, Innovation & Operations. “Much like the last twenty years of re-imagining the SR Series with constant improvements to performance, safety and comfort, the G2 Vision Jet is the culmination of that same spirit of innovation. This aircraft is yet another game-changer in personal aviation and it’s made possible by the world-class team we have at Cirrus Aircraft.”
The G2 Vision Jet goes higher, faster and farther. An expanded flight envelope to Flight Level 310 (31,000 ft) raises the performance and capabilities of the all new aircraft. This new access to Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) flight levels now increases the Vision Jet’s range to over 1,200nm. On a typical mission, G2 now provides increased flexibility to carry an additional 150 lb on an 800 NM mission and pushes top cruise speed even further above 300kts.
The G2 Vision Jet introduces the ‘Perspective Touch+’ by Garmin (pronounced “Perspective Touch Plus”) advanced flight deck. With new hardware, faster processing speeds and greater screen resolution, Perspective Touch+ elevates the Vision Jet flight deck to a new level. Typically found on high-end business jets and commercial transport aircraft, Autothrottle is now available on G2. This game-changing technology integrates with the autopilot and can automatically adjust the aircraft’s speed for each phase of flight, reducing workload and giving the pilot more time to focus on other tasks.
New Flight Stream capabilities simplify the pilot’s experience by creating connectivity between your personal mobile device and the flight deck – enabling a wide range of wireless enhancements including flight plan transfers, database updates, text messaging and more.
Collectively, these new G2 features add to the class-leading capabilities of the Vision Jet flight deck including 3D Synthetic Vision, SurfaceWatchTM, integrated crew alerting, datalink weather, active weather radar, ADS-B, satellite communications, system synoptics and more. Upgraded Intelligent Batteries from True Blue Power® round out enhancements delivering improved cold start capabilities.
Designed around the personal travel experience, the G2 Vision Jet cabin raises the bar in comfort, spaciousness and productivity. A new executive seating configuration adds sophistication with two luxurious, artisan-crafted second row seats and an all-new center console with stow-away tables for a more productive in-flight experience. Enhancing the cabin environment, newly-developed noise reduction features have been thoughtfully engineered into G2. These improvements build upon the unrivaled spaciousness and panoramic views, the hallmarks of the Vision Jet design.
Productivity and entertainment options abound as passengers have access to USB and 110V power outlets, as well as an expansive video monitor that extends from its flush mount overhead to deliver a best-in-class range of display and entertainment options from your favorite device. While the family seating configuration offers room for 5 adults and 2 children, each cabin seat is modular and can be quickly and easily repositioned or removed by the pilot, offering the added flexibility of more than 25 possible seating configurations.
The Vision Jet received FAA certification in 2016 and immediately ushered in a new era in personal aviation as the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®). In 2018, the Vision Jet was awarded the most prestigious award in aeronautics – the Robert J. Collier Trophy.
Approaching 100 customer deliveries around the world, Vision Jet owners enjoy the added value of a truly comprehensive ownership program – JetStream, offering worry-free ownership, JetStream includes the award-winning Williams International ‘TAP Blue’ turbine engine coverage, airframe and avionics maintenance, normal wear item replacements, recurrent pilot training and more.
Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston aircraft and the Vision Jet, the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet, as well as the recipient of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined performance, comfort and safety in aviation with innovations like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) – the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight time on Cirrus aircraft has passed ten million hours and 170 people have returned home safely to their families as a result of the inclusion of CAPS as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The company has three locations in the United States, located in Duluth, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota and Knoxville, Tennessee.
]]>Duluth, Minn. & Knoxville, Tenn. (21 February 2018) – Cirrus Aircraft announced today that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series soared to over 350 aircraft in 2017, a recent record high. As the global SR Series fleet approaches 10 million flight hours in over 60 countries, the company has also ramped up production of its turbine aircraft – the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet™, the SF50 Vision® Jet – with 25 Vision Jets currently delivered and in service around the world.
The past year marks the fourth consecutive year that Cirrus Aircraft has delivered more than 300 SR Series aircraft. Enterprise growth also propelled facilities expansion and employee growth across all Cirrus locations in Duluth, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota and Knoxville, Tennessee with nearly 300 jobs added in total over the last year. Included in the expansion is the Knoxville-based Vision Center campus, which will open the doors to its new world-class Cirrus Approach™ training center later this year. The new training center will include a Level D full-motion Vision Jet simulator for the most advanced Cirrus transition training in the world.
“Our goal remains revolutionizing the personal flying experience for the pilot and passenger through innovation in performance and safety,” noted Cirrus Aircraft Co-founder and CEO, Dale Klapmeier. “Our strong results in 2017 are a direct result of how our mission resonates with our customers. The SR Series, and now the Vision Jet, continue to reinvent personal aviation around the world.”
The SR Series Continues to Lead the Way
Cirrus Aircraft’s first high-performance SR airplane – an SR20 – was delivered in 1999 and transformed general aviation with intuitive avionics, game-changing performance and revolutionary safety systems, including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®). Today’s SR Series aircraft include the SR20, SR22 and turbocharged SR22T. And a new company milestone is just ahead as Cirrus will deliver its 7,000th SR airplane in April 2018.
Now in its sixth generation, the SR Series has been the best-selling general aviation piston aircraft in its class for sixteen consecutive years. 2017 marked the launch of the enhanced G6 SR Series with the Cirrus Perspective+™ by Garmin® flight deck which includes expanded avionics and flight planning options, luxury automotive-inspired Cirrus Spectra™ wingtip lighting, cockpit connectivity solutions and premium interior options.
The Vision Jet Ramps Up Deliveries
In 2016, Cirrus Aircraft ushered in a new era in personal transportation with the FAA certification of the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet – the Vision Jet. The turbine aircraft defines a new category in aviation – the Personal Jet – with its spacious, pilot and passenger-friendly cabin featuring panoramic windows, reclining seats and comfortable legroom to accommodate five adults and two children. The cabin is complemented by the proprietary Cirrus Perspective® Touch™ by Garmin®, which delivers a wide array of sophisticated and intuitive global navigation capabilities and safety features at the touch of a finger. The Vision Jet has won widespread industry accolades, including Plane & Pilot’s 2017 Plane of the Year as well as Popular Science’s 2017 Best of What’s New.
The company has delivered 25 Vision Jets to customers since certification in late 2016, with owners enjoying the added value of a truly comprehensive ownership program, JetStream. Designed to enhance the Vision Jet through “worry-free” ownership, JetStream includes the award-winning Williams International TAP Blue turbine engine coverage, airframe and avionics maintenance, normal wear item replacement, premium recurrent pilot training and more.
Cirrus Approach Leads in Pilot Training
Recognized in 2016 as the first recipient of the Joseph T. Nall Safety Award from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Cirrus Aircraft continues to transform pilot training and safety with Cirrus Approach™. As a comprehensive program, Cirrus Approach provides ongoing training to new and experienced pilots with their lifestyle in mind through award-winning in person and online training courses. More than 12,000 pilots and owners have joined the program and 2018 will bring further expansion and continued industry-leading initiatives.
In addition to Cirrus Approach, the company also launched Cirrus Embark™ in 2017, a unique program designed specifically for owners of Pre-Owned Cirrus Aircraft. This revolutionary program provides Cirrus-specific, standardized differences and transition training for a licensed pilot who purchases a pre-owned Cirrus Aircraft. Included in the program is access to the Cirrus Approach Learning Portal, a copy of the Cirrus FOM and aircraft POH, access to the iFOM and one-on-one Cirrus Transition Training with an authorized Cirrus training provider. More than 500 new owners of pre-owned Cirrus Aircraft have already taken advantage of the program since its launch in July of 2017.
Fleet and Special Mission Expands Around the Globe
Professional flight training organizations continue to grow their fleets with the technologically advanced, industry-leading SR Series aircraft as they prepare the much sought after next generation of pilots for a career in aviation. Two of the largest global airlines, Lufthansa and Emirates, added fleets of the SR Series aircraft to their training programs in 2017. While other world-renowned flight training academies, including Japan Civil Aviation College, Southern Utah University and Vincennes University, purchased new SR training fleets from Cirrus.
In addition, the Cirrus Perception™ – the company’s sensor-capable special mission aircraft – continues to enhance law enforcement search and rescue efforts. Ideal for a broad range of law enforcement and civilian survey missions, the Minnesota State Patrol recently used its Cirrus Perception aircraft to monitor the skies during the big game in Minneapolis.
Cirrus-Sponsored Team 99 in Red Bull Air Race World Championship Wins in Abu Dhabi
For the fifth consecutive year, Cirrus Aircraft will have an international presence in the Red Bull Air Race World Championships as a sponsor of Team 99 and U.S. Master Class Pilot, Mike Goulian. After a strong performance in the 2017 Championships, Mike set a career record and took home the gold by winning the Red Bull Air Race season opener in Abu Dhabi on February 3, 2018. Goulian, a Cirrus Ambassador, owner and pilot, joined Red Bull Air Race in 2006 and won his first victory at the Budapest race in 2009. The Red Bull Air Race World Championship has become globally renowned as the fastest and most exhilarating motorsport on the planet, and Goulian’s stellar win in Abu Dhabi sets the team up for a fantastic 2018 race year.
]]>Cirrus Aircraft has changed the way it trains pilots, yielding a dramatic safety improvement that speaks for itself. Should every manufacturer be doing it this way?
Read more: Flying magazine training article
]]>The persistently high accident rate among Cirrus SR20s and SR22s was both troubling and perplexing. How could a modern design with an airframe parachute and the most technologically advanced safety equipment in it's class have an accident record that wasn't as good as the legacy fleet? And why were Cirrus pilots suffering fatal crashes without even attempting to deploy the airframe parachute that was such an unusual attribute of their aircraft?
Read more: How Cirrus Radically Reduced Fatal Accident
]]>Cirrus Aircraft announced today that new customer aircraft deliveries of its SR line of aircraft, the world’s best-selling high-performance piston airplane, reached a recent multi-year high of 317 units for 2016. Further highlighting the year were initial customer deliveries of the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet, the Cirrus Vision® Jet, as three units were delivered to customers in the U.S.
Read more: 2016 A Record Year of Growth and Expansion for Cirrus Aircraft
]]>Cirrus Aircraft today announced the launch of the all new 2017 G6 – the smartest, safest and most advanced models ever of the best-selling SR22T, SR22 and SR20 piston airplanes. The benchmark for high-performance, single engine aircraft has been uniquely raised once again by Cirrus to include the just unveiled, ultra-high speed Cirrus Perspective+™ by Garmin® flight deck, luxury automotive-inspired Cirrus Spectra™ wingtip lighting, premium cockpit connectivity solutions and more. This sixth generation Cirrus is available for order immediately and customer deliveries are underway.
Read more: Cirrus Aircraft Launches G6: The Smartest, Safest, Most Advanced Cirrus Ever
]]>Cirrus Aircraft has received the honorable first Joseph T. Nall Safety Award, as presented by the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute. Awarded 24 July at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, this award specifically recognizes the Cirrus Approach training program and continued efforts of Cirrus to uphold and improve safety standards across all facets of aviation.
Read more: Awarded Joseph T. Nall Safety Award
]]>Cirrus Aircraft today announced the arrival of a new era in personal transportation as the Cirrus Vision® Jet – the world’s first single engine Personal Jet – achieved FAA certification. With this milestone accomplishment, the Vision Jet ushers in a new category of aircraft that delivers an unrivaled pilot, passenger and operator experience, and certification paves the way for initial customer deliveries in 2016.
Read more: Vision Jet Achieves FAA Certification
]]>We are pleased to announce the debut of the newest interactive Flight Operations Manual (iFOM).The new iFOM is designed for SR aircraft equipped with Avidyne Entegra avionics and includes standardized information on flight procedures and maneuvers.
Read more: The Next Interactive Flight Operations Manual is Here
]]>Duluth, Minn. & Knoxville, Tenn. (13 June 2017) – Cirrus Aircraft announced today that Lufthansa Aviation Training, the flight training program operated by Lufthansa Airlines, selected the technologically-advanced SR20 for its primary training fleet. Lufthansa Aviation Training has ordered 25 aircraft to lead its ab-initio, MPL and other flight training programs in Goodyear, Arizona. The SR20 aircraft will be used to train pilots from many of the world’s premier airlines, including Lufthansa Airlines, Swiss Air, Austrian Airlines, Eurowings, All Nippon Airways (ANA), KLM as well as the German Air Force.
]]>Duluth, Minn. & Knoxville, Tenn. (22 May 2017) – Two major milestones in the global launch of the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet were reached today when Cirrus Aircraft announced it had received Vision Jet Type Certificate approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and delivered the first aircraft to Europe.
Read more: Cirrus Aircraft Earns EASA Approval as First Vision Jet Arrives in Europe
]]>Vision SF50 Update: the cockpit
It’s here. A bold new era of avionics for your bold new Vision Jet! Announcing Cirrus Perspective Touch by Garmin, an advanced integrated touchscreen system that sets the new standard in performance, personalization, safety and ease of use for operators.Unique to Perspective Touch are three 5.8” touchscreen controllers, each positioned in landscape orientation under the 14” PFD and MFD glass screens. Each of the three controllers can be rotated between PFD, MFD and NAV/COM dedication with a soft-key command. This offers the pilot broad angle views and sunlight-readable high resolution (1280 x 768) LCD color displays, plus 100 % infrared touchscreen technology that eliminates input errors by calculating the entry and exit points of the user’s finger–even with gloves on. The PFD and MFD displays also have split-screen capabilities. This allows the ability to access aircraft system synoptics, engine/fuel analysis, landing gear, electrical power, environmental properties, ice protection and more literally at your fingertips.The icon-based user interface on the touchscreen controllers gives pilots the same familiarity they have with their smartphones and tablet devices, including the popular full QWERTY layout for data entry. Additional features include weight and balance entry–a place to safely account for passengers, fuel and bags along with a center of gravity calculation, digital pressurization monitoring and checklist usage. One additional piece we think you’ll really enjoy about this integrated touchscreen approach is the elimination of soft key buttons. It creates a clean, contemporary appearance, replacing the cumbersome switchboard of knobs and dials that often over-clutters cockpits.For more information go to: http://cirrusaircraft.com/perspective-touch-features/
]]>Vision SF50 Reaches Milestone.
Cirrus SAS congratulates the SF50 Program Team for reaching the very important and milestone of Type Inspection Authorization (TIA). What does this mean and why is this important? The TIA initiates formal FAA flight evaluation of the type design, airworthiness, performance and handling properties. This particular TIA analyzed the airframe structure, stability in flight controls and stall performance of C-Zero, our beloved red first conforming jet. It deems it worthy as manufactured and safe to fly. It allows us to move forward with Conformity and Certification Flight Tests with an FAA pilot on board, and marks one of the final elements needed for Type Certification of a new aircraft! This signifies entering the final stages of the FAA certification process for the Vision SF50, and is a major step representing the FAA’s confidence in the design.
]]>Duluth, Minn. (15 June 2015) – Cirrus Aircraft today announced its latest significant milestone: the customer delivery of its 6,000th new airplane. The accomplishment comes just 16 years after the company delivered its first production aircraft and on the heels of a strong 2014 performance where the SR-series of aircraft maintained its position as the best-selling four/five-place aircraft in the world for the 12th year in a row.
“Our customers, partners and employees are rightfully proud of this amazing accomplishment,” said Dale Klapmeier, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cirrus Aircraft. “We started Cirrus Aircraft with the entrepreneurial dream of changing the world and making people’s lives better through aviation, and we are humbled today to see 6,000 of our airplanes operating in more than 60 countries around the world.”
Cirrus Aircraft is recognized globally for its relentless pursuit of aircraft safety, comfort and technology innovations. The Duluth, Minnesota based company has consistently pioneered the introduction of new features to the high performance piston market, including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®), pilot-friendly glass panel avionics, luxury automotive ergonomics, terrain warning systems, ice protection, synthetic vision, airbag seatbelts, global datalink weather/communications, electronic stability control and more. The original Cirrus SR20 was introduced in 1999, followed by the SR22 in 2001 and the turbocharged SR22T in 2010.
“Our passion and dedication at Cirrus are making aviation safer and more enjoyable for thousands of people,” continued Klapmeier. “I’m truly excited to see our team continue to change the world as we prepare for the introduction of the Vision SF50® Personal Jet and the opening of our Vision Center in Knoxville, TN.”
The Vision SF50 Personal Jet, with over 550 positions reserved, aims to revolutionize personal and regional business transportation. Three conforming prototype test aircraft have accumulated over 500 flight test hours and the first production aircraft is currently moving down the manufacturing line in Duluth, MN.
The recently announced Vision Center will be the flagship location for all Cirrus Aircraft Customer Experience activities including sales, delivery, training, maintenance, support, personalization, fixed base operations and more. It is scheduled to open in mid 2016.
The 6,000th aircraft boasts an eye-catching, aerodynamically inspired design and will be on display at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI from 20-26 July at the Cirrus Aircraft tent (#183).
Cirrus Aircraft is a recognized leader in general aviation. Its all-composite line of personal aircraft – the SR20, SR22 and the turbocharged SR22T – incorporate innovative and advanced performance, electronic and safety technologies, including Cirrus Perspective™ by Garmin® avionics and the unique Cirrus Airframe Parachute System™ (CAPS). To date, total time on the worldwide Cirrus Aircraft SR-series fleet surpassed seven million flight hours with 105 people returned to their families as a direct result of CAPS being a standard safety feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The Cirrus Vision SF50, with over 550 production positions reserved, will provide a new personal and regional business transportation solution: the personal jet.
The Vision Center in Knoxville, TN will be the flagship location for all Cirrus Aircraft Customer Experience activities including sales, delivery, training, maintenance, support, personalization, fixed base operations and more. All Cirrus aircraft are made in the U.S. with a direct sales force in North America and authorized sales centers covering export markets in 60 countries around the world. Cirrus Aircraft is wholly owned by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd (CAIGA). For additional information on Cirrus and its products please visit cirrusaircraft.com.
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