French Military Buys Cirrus Singles

Stephen Pope

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

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Cirrus SR22

Key Takeaways:

The French military is acquiring a fleet of nearly two-dozen Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft for initial pilot training.
These planes will be used by both the French Air Force (at Salon de Provence) and Navy (at Lanvéoc Poulmic), with SR22s also serving for navigating officer training and liaison flights.
The aircraft come equipped with advanced safety features like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) and Garmin avionics, with Cassidian Aviation Training Services (CATS) managing their maintenance.

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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.