After admiring the Cirrus aircraft company http://www.cirrusaircraft.com/sr22 for many years I finally had the opportunity to ride in a SR22 aircraft! A friend owns the aircraft with 4 other people and he volunteered to give us a ride to West Palm Beach (thanks JD!). Ever since I earned my pilot's license about 9 years ago I have admired the design of this aircraft and the determination of the company. Bringing a totally new composite aircraft with a modern design to market is an amazing accomplishment. Why is this aircraft so special? I believe it is still the only production aircraft in the world that has a parachute built into it for emergency procedures. If you deploy the parachute the aircraft will be destroyed but who cares about that if you can walk away from the aircraft in one piece with your loved ones. It is a modern design that has an open all electronic cockpit. The airplane is fast and is able to carry loads that are realistic for a small group of people but it also has non-retractable landing gears and that helps tremendously with insurance for private pilots like me.
What does it look like with the parachute deployed? Funny you should ask...
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