Jamie's New Toy! Congrats!
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Jamie's New Toy! Congrats!
As some of you may have heard, the cruise control on Jamie's Hooptie of the airstream finally gave out. Fortunately, and surprisingly, Jamie decided to man-up and replace it with something a little more modern:
The Cirrus SR22 GTS Turbo. Comfortable seating for four, airframe parachute recovery system, air conditioning, de-ice, full-glass avionics with synthetic perspective, enhanced warning ground proximity system, real time lightning Stormscope, new gen. Skywatch, etc. etc.
Max. cruise: 219KTAS, Max Range w/ reserves: 1000nm, max operating altitude: FL250.
Looks awesome Jamie. Can't wait to see it!
The Cirrus SR22 GTS Turbo. Comfortable seating for four, airframe parachute recovery system, air conditioning, de-ice, full-glass avionics with synthetic perspective, enhanced warning ground proximity system, real time lightning Stormscope, new gen. Skywatch, etc. etc.
Max. cruise: 219KTAS, Max Range w/ reserves: 1000nm, max operating altitude: FL250.
Looks awesome Jamie. Can't wait to see it!
#3
That is badass!!! I like that the new era of small aircraft have all of these new safety features. You always hear about crashes on the news and wonder...
But with a parachute... that would make me feel all warm a cozy inside.
Congrats Jamie!
But with a parachute... that would make me feel all warm a cozy inside.
Congrats Jamie!
#4
He'd been talking about it for a while. Glad he stepped up and did it. The old man has earned it, and that thing must be a blast! No speeding tickets either . . .
#5
+1... exactly how I feel... I'm actually really scared of non-jet private planes for some reason, the parachute thing although probably not necessary would be a big selling point for me
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#8
Congrats Jamie! I don't know what FL250 means or what all the little buttons and knobs do in the cockpit, or what avionics with synthetic perspective is . . .but I bet it's really good. Although I really like those tribals on the landing wheel cover thingies. Do they cost extra?
#9
Someone needs to enlighten me. I always figured small planes had a steering-wheel-type control for pitch and roll, and pedals for yaw. What's with the joystick, and why is it off-center like that? Why are the pedals on the other side?
#10
Cirrus created basically the first clean-sheet single-engine design in decades, including studying interiors of BMS and Audis for the four-place seating, and also a re-think of the controls. I have flown several, and the controls are very natural, and easy to use.
I'm hoping to get a ride in Jamie's if he comes down to Arkansas this winter to hunt ducks!