Wouldn’t it be reassuring if you were to board an airplane, and at the back of your mind, you knew that no matter what happened mid-flight, the chances of you getting back safely were almost guaranteed? Well, this is exactly what this aircraft is aiming to achieve. There's no propeller on it for a reason.The favorite GA aircraft of pilots the world over (including famed businessman Alan Sugar), the Cirrus SR22 has quite a reputation in the aviation industry. "As a clue, every once in a while people would look at our logo and say 'you know, that looks more like a jet than an SR22'. Klapmeier says the-jet is important to the future of the company. In the absence of performance specs, he says the advance orders are based on Cirrus's reputation. Sergio Beneditt,i a Brazilian Cirrus dealer, says he secured five positions before the debut and acquired two more after being shown photos. The first to see the-jet mockup were the several hundred positon-holders on Wednesday who paid $100,000 to reserve an aircraft, sight unseen. I always say it has to be easy for me," says Klapmeier. The total seating rises to seven with two flip-up seats in the back. Both front seats slide back, stopping directly in front of the left or right access door. Standard configuration is two seats in the cockpit and three at the rear of cabin, with the centre seat able to slide to the rear bulkhead. Sliding seats bring versatility to the cabin interior. The-jet will feature a ballistic recovery parachute chute like other Cirrus aircraft. The fuel capacity will be "well over 1,000lb", depending on the number of passengers, and range will be more than 1,000nm with only one pilot aboard and less than that when carrying seven people." The final price is uncertain, he cautions, since the certification date is unknown along with many other factors. We're going to give up high end to get a very comfortable low end."Īs for price, Klapmeier says: "Our goal is to have it be about $1 million". "We don't know a lot of the answers yet, so we don't have a lot of the specs yet," said Klapemeier, adding: "We expect the high cruise speed will be 300kt. The next step is to create a verification prototype that Cirrus is calling "the-one", which will be flown to verify the projected performance. The debut at the company’s Duluth, Minnesota headquarters featured the third and last mock-up of the-jet. We're trying to be a bigger SR22," said CEO and co-founder Alan Klapmeier at the 28 June event. "We're not going to be a smaller business jet. Seating up to seven people, "the-jet" has its single Williams FJ33-4 turbofan mounted above the fuselage and exhausting between the V-tail, in a similar arrangement to the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.
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