Cirrus SF50 Vision Certificated - AINalerts

October 31, 2016

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Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet Gets FAA Nod Cirrus Aircraft received full FAA type certification for the SF50 Vision single-engine jet on Friday, the Duluth, Minnesota-based aircraft manufacturer announced today at NBAA 2016. “My brother and I started with a few good ideas, but more importantly a lot of big dreams, 32 years ago,” Cirrus CEO and co-founder Dale Klapmeier said at the show. “A decade ago we announced that we were going to build a jet. Today we are there. We are a jet company.” Deliveries are slated to begin in December and Cirrus plans to hand over one aircraft per week next year, said Pat Waddick, Cirrus president for innovation and operations. Cirrus currently has 10 SF50s in final assembly, and Waddick told AIN that plans are in place to raise the production rate beyond that number. The company is already planning for SF50 production expansion in Duluth and finishing the training, design and delivery center in Knoxville, Tenn. The SF50 has a top cruise speed of 300 knots, a service ceiling of 28,000 feet and a maximum range of 1,250 nm at 240 knots. The aircraft has the Garmin 3000-based Cirrus Perspective Touch avionics suite and is powered by an 1,840-pound-thrust Williams International FJ33-5A with dual-channel Fadec. Cirrus says it holds orders for more than 600 SF50s.