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Old 13th May 2021, 20:00
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lederhosen
 
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I fly a Cirrus SR22T and would concur that it is not a simple aircraft. However it is marketed to people who may not have a lot of background in aviation. Cirrus compensate for this by having very comprehensive training and an amazing autopilot/flight management system. The aircraft was making the turn to final at what appears to be high speed. It will be interesting to see whether the pilot was hand flying. One possible scenario is that the pilot was concentrating on the preceding traffic possibly with the autopilot flying and seems to have left a high power setting which contributed to them overshooting the turn. The left wing in a right turn to final may have blocked view of the metroliner and the smaller aircraft rather unusually appears to catch and cross the larger aircraft. The parachute worked as advertised while the cargo pilot proceeded to land while displaying amazing cool, truly the 'right stuff'.
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