Vision Jet

The autopilot improperly engaged as a part of an automated process that precedes a deployment of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System.

The death of David Rathbun, the chief engineer for the Cirrus SF50 jet program, is “a profound loss for the Cirrus family,” the company said.

Jenna Achtzehn, 23, is Cirrus Aircraft’s youngest delivery pilot.

Here are the top 5 articles that we’ve posted on flyingmag.com over the past 12 months.

A pilot and two passengers are okay after the Cirrus Vision Jet went down after deploying the CAPS (Cirrus Airframe Parachute System), apparently while on approach to Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) in Florida on Friday. The scene following the deployment was reported by a local news affiliate as a marshy area in the “area of […]

For aircraft manufacturers, interest in flying GA remains positive—and one indicator that is particularly encouraging is that interest is strong from people new to flying privately. At least that’s what Cirrus Aircraft has reported in its most recent shared data from 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Up to 40 percent of its 2021 […]

In a milestone that marks the first certification of a modern autoland system on a light, personal jet, Cirrus Aircraft and Garmin Aviation announced the approval of Safe Return on the Cirrus Vision Jet. Cirrus also celebrated the 200th delivery of the Vision Jet in July, solidifying its position as the best-selling general aviation jet […]

Cirrus Aircraft wasted little time in giving its engineers the task of enhancing the Collier Trophy-winning single-engine Vision Jet, and the result of that company-wide effort is the Generation 2 version of the SF50 officially unveiled today. The biggest changes to the 2019 G2 iteration of the Vision Jet are the addition of autothrottle to […]

Fresh off its Collier Trophy win this spring, the Cirrus Vision Jet nabbed yet another accolade, this time taking home the 2018 Flying Innovation Award, presented Monday night at Oshkosh. Flying editor-in-chief Stephen Pope handed over the Innovation Award trophy to Cirrus Aircraft senior vice president of product development Ken Harness, who accepted it on […]

Cirrus has claimed one of the most prestigious aviation awards, the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy, for its SF50 Vision Jet. The award has been handed out for great aeronautical and aerospace achievements for more than a century. “By revolutionizing general and personal aviation, Cirrus Aircraft, with their Vision Jet, has added to a great […]