Cirrus SR22 Turbo G2 - local flight

This was taken in a recently purchased Turbo Cirrus. One heck of a machine!

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• cirrus
• sr22
• g2
• turbo
• williamsburg
• glass
• cockpit
• avidyne

[longlivethe80s]

4 hours???  That's what it takes to drive.

[millz311]

ah, you're right, my flight planner picked the wrong "vegas" - looks like flight time would be a bit over one hour. :)

[longlivethe80s]

I'd like to know how long it will take to get from Los Angeles to Vegas in one of those.

[millz311]

My flight planner says about 4 hours from LAX to LVS (with no winds) - not bad!

[Kaipeternicolas]

Nice... but I prefer the Columbia 400 and the Garmin 1000

[millz311]

I used to prefer the garmin as well, but after having time in both, I think the simpler interface of the avidyne makes it the better choice. As for Col4 vs SR22, they perform pretty much the same under 18000' and the SR22 is more comfortable to me. But there's no doubt that the Columbias are one heck of a machine too!

[joalul]

To coral221:

That's like saying "watch out, my friend died when he pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger."

Every aircraft is safe in the hands of a safe pilot.

Over 93% of all GA accidents is related to pilot error of some type.

Less than 1% of all GA accidents are from airframe failure.

And a Cirrus has a parachute. I'm sorry to say, if your friends died in a Cirrus, then it was the pilot's fault, not the airplane. To prove it, all I need is a tail number...

[jakeharvey]

You made us sit through your taxi... but no take-off roll?!

[veryfunnyshitz]

beautiful aircraft! did you purchase this brand new or used?

what's the average cost/hour on this beauty?

[tubedude101]

I love cirrus planes I want to buy one

[GelandnaleG]

2:00

[joalul]

@athena1976 ...and, one more thing: Of those Cirrus accidents, 3 had 4 fatalities, and of those, 2 were "pilot's failure to maintain airspeed" (pilot error) and 1 was "pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and continued flight into forecasted icing conditions" (pilot error). If you want to see for yourself, feel free:

ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

[joalul]

@athena1976 . Why don't you get your facts straight: That leaves a 7% chance that there was a system failure or airframe failure or ATC failure or weather issue or ...

Shall I go on? AND, as you are apparently not a pilot, the Cirrus has an airframe parachute. So if the flight has an emergency, it can be deployed for a safe "landing."

There have been 45 fatal Cirrus crashes 2001-09: 5 are in preliminary stages of investigation, 39 were pilot error, 1 was undetermined.

[athena1976]

@joalul You stated that 93 percent of all GA accidents are from pilot error. That leaves a 7 percent chance that his friend died in a Cirrus from some sort of system failure. Get your facts straight before you start pointing fingers.

[oliverman22]

Your sir are one lucky man owning such a beautiful aircraft

[Sergeantsteamer]

Thanks myfriend..! Yes sir that does help ALOT! Lol. I'v got to Ck in to on of these. I'v just an ole 1946 J-3 Cub right now...but thought about cking into the SR Turbo.

Thanks!!! Fly safe myfriend..!

[marick626]

Cirrus doesn't make the G2 anymore but a turbo GS goes for around $530,000 from the factory. Hope that helps.

[ariasd]

Nice altitude hold during steep turns. is it autopilot or is it you ?