Trip reports and other flying stories about Cirrus aircraft
This is a collection of stories written mostly by current Cirrus owners
about trips they have made or other aspects of owning and flying their plane.
This page originally appeared on the sr20.org site; many thanks to Clyde
Stubbs for allowing us to use it here on the COPA site.
If you have a Cirrus-related story you'd like to share, please send it to
webmaster@cirruspilots.org.
- Marty & Jack's 1st Annual Migration Trip Tales, June 2003
By Marty Weinhous
- Paul's story of remote (non-factory) acceptance and training in his new SR22
By Paul Berberian
- N224MN Delivery and Tour of the Southwest
By Michael Nagy
- To Alaska By Cirrus
By Delmar Fadden (Del says to post any questions or comments on the forums.)
- Aviation Consumer article comparing SR22, Mooney Ovation, and Columbia 300.
Copyright 2002 Belvoir Publications; reprinted with permission. See Aviation Consumer's website for more information about that publication.
- Marty's AOPA 2001 debriefing
COPA President Marty Kent describes some sights and sounds from the Cirrus and COPA gatherings at AOPA Expo 2001.
- John Templeton Smith's Atlantic Crossing
Ferry Pilot John Templeton Smith details an Atlantic crossing in a Cirrus SR20. (Link to story, on www.pilotweb.co.uk)
- Today's Pilot article (Posted Oct 13, 2001)
September 2001 article on the SR20 from UK Publication Today's Pilot. Thanks to them for permission to reprint the article here.
- Jerrold Seckler on his experience with his SR22 (Posted Oct 6, 2001)
COPA Response! MD Jerry Seckler describes his delivery and training, as well as his first long trip in his SR22.
- Marty Kent picks up his SR22
Marty Kent, ex-Cessna driver, now has a shiny new SR22. Read his story and comments
on the delivery, factory tour, and flight home.
- Peter and Del take delivery
Del Fadden and Peter Morton, retired Boeing engineers, finally got to take delivery of
their SR20 (#1062). Read all about it. Their second instalment details the Sandel HSI installation.
Now, Peter and Del have had the Arnav engine monitoring system installed in their plane. Read
their extensive write-up on the system.
- Han and N144CD do America
Han Klinkspoor collected N144CD from the factory and flew nearly 100 hours before it was ferried to Europe. Read his report.
- Ferrying N142CD (to become VH-CRF) from Duluth to Australia
Rob Leach is ferrying N142CD - see the route and read en-route reports.
- General observations on the SR20
Christopher Peznola, owner of the second customer-delivered SR20, shares his
experiences on the first 100 hours of flying his SR20 N20CD.
- Walt's East Coast Trip and Performance
Walt Conley, owner of the very first delivered SR20, flies around the East Coast and
discusses performance.
- Walt flies to the West Coast.
Does the SR20 fly differently on the West Coast? Find out here!
- Walt's vacuum pump failure
Walt has a vacuum pump die in flight, but lives to tell the tale.
- Christopher dives into some weather
Christopher Peznola (N20CD) flies to the Bahamas for some diving, but has
some not-so-nice weather enroute.
- N124CD flies home
Robin Taylor waited a long time for his plane to be built - then had to wait
even longer for delivery due to problems ferrying N124CD to Europe. But it was
worth the wait!
- Jim Fallows' New York Times article.
Journalist Jim Fallows flew a demonstrator SR20 from California to Duluth and wrote about
it for the New York Times. The article is available on the NYT web site via this link.
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