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trapping myself into the left-hand seat of

the Cirrus SF50, much of the cockpit looks

and feels familiar. There are two big display

screens that are the windows into the

avionics system (like in the SR piston-engine

airplanes in the Cirrus Aircraft line-up).

There is the side stick at my left hand (also familiar

from the SF50’s SR siblings). What is far less usual is

all the space and light around me. It’s a pressurised

aircraft but the windows are unusually large. And the

cabin itself is remarkably roomy.

This is the Vision Jet, which sits in a class of its

own – a single-engine personal jet aimed squarely at

owner-pilots, though it also has the potential to

shake up the lower-end of the private jet sector.

Familiarity was one prime objective when

Minnesota-based Cirrus sketched out plans more

than a decade ago for a small jet powered by a

single turbofan.

The SF50 was part of a tide of optimism about an

ever-growing market for jets, in the heady days

before the global economic crash, that also gave

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OPERATING PILOT REPORT

What’s the Cirrus SF50

Vision Jet Like to Fly?

On behalf of AvBuyer, Rohit Jaggi reports on his experience flying the

Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. What makes this aircraft so popular among

Business Aviation’s owner-operator contingent? Find out here...

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