French Military Buys Cirrus Singles

Stephen Pope

Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 08:07 PM ET

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Cirrus SR22 [Credit: FLYING Archive]

Key Takeaways:

The French military is acquiring a fleet of nearly two-dozen Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft for initial pilot training and other specialized flights for both the Air Force and Navy.
The aircraft will be distributed across various bases, including Salon de Provence and Lanvéoc Poulmic, with Cassidian Aviation Training Services (CATS) responsible for their maintenance.
Each aircraft will be equipped with modern safety and navigation features, including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) and Cirrus Perspective by Garmin avionics.

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The French military is buying a fleet of nearly two-dozen Cirrus SR20s and SR22s to be used primarily by the Air Force and Navy for initial pilot training.

A fleet of 13 Cirrus SR20s will be used for training at the French air force base of Salon de Provence in the south of France. An additional fleet of seven Cirrus SR22s will be dedicated to training flights of navigating officers arm systems (NOSA) and liaison flights, in particular to accompany the French Air Force’s aerobatic team. Another fleet of three Cirrus SR20s will go to the Ecole Navale at the naval air station of Lanvéoc Poulmic.