On his way into the Hagerstown Regional Airport (KHGR) on Monday evening, Cirrus Vision Jet product line executive director Matt Bergwall had ample opportunity to use the latest addition to the SF50’s avionics suite. With thunderstorm cells training in a line that stretched from western Virginia up through Pennsylvania, the Auto Radar powered by Garmin on the jet’s Perspective-integrated flight deck allowed him to both strategically and tactically skirt the storms. We spent our flight down to Knoxville’s McGhee-Tyson Airport (KTYS) in Tennessee searching for more to sweep—when normally we’d do the opposite.
Cirrus announced the news on Wednesday morning, along with the compatibility of the Cirrus IQ app with the Vision Jet, allowing pilots to enjoy increased connectivity with the airplane whether they are physically close to it or not.
