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A Cirrus Factory Tour

** Here, a gaggle of SR22s, their fuselage
halves joined, await further detail work down
the line.**
Robert Goyer
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The new Cirrus SR22-G2 features significant improvements, including increased cruise speed and enhanced maintainability through new doors and access panels.
  • Cirrus emphasized these changes were more than cosmetic, specifically highlighting easier access for mechanics, including for the parachute system.
  • The author was granted a factory tour to observe the step-by-step construction process, allowing a view of internal changes not apparent in a finished aircraft.
  • This article will provide a photo tour of the factory, illustrating how Cirrus composite airplanes are manufactured.
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Text and Photography by Robert Goyer

When Cirrus announced its latest single, the SR22-G2, the company from the get-go stressed that many of the changes were more than skin deep. While Cirrus pilots were excited about the claimed increase in cruise speed, their mechanics were equally psyched about the easier maintainability of the airplane, which features new doors (a blessing) and a number of new access panels, including a much-improved way to get at the parachute.

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