Cirrus Aircraft has updated the SF50 Vision Jet, which it announced on July 20, ahead of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The latest version, the Vision Jet G2+, hits a key area of improvement: hot-and-high airport takeoff and landing performance. Also included in the upgraded model: Gogo’s Avance L3 in-flight Wi-Fi.
Performance gains during high-density-altitude airport operations came from collaboration with Williams International on the jet’s FJ33-5A powerplant. Though it’s still rated at 1,846 pounds of thrust, more of that will be available because of an adjustment to temperature limitations. The company estimates that pilots will see an improvement in takeoff and landing performance of roughly 4 percent at sea level, under ISA conditions, and a reduction of up to 20 percent in takeoff and landing distances on high-altitude runways such as that at Telluride Regional Airport in Colorado. We saw that improvement bear out during our initial flight test in the aircraft still under market survey in early July.
