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Old 3rd Oct 2007, 16:17
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Begging to differ, a couple of extra hours wont do anyone any harm. They are a bit different, especially that funny sidestick with the weird spring arrangement and they are quite runway hungry. Plenty of em for sale in the US with damage history due to nosewheel/propstrike mishaps - and insurance premiums adjusted accordingly. The Cirrus factory now seem to be trying to control training a little more tightly.... For some objective info from a guy with quite a few hours on them see

http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/cirrus-sr20

(The bit about stalling is interesting.)

Then again, why fly one of those things anyway? Look at the runway performance and you'll see why they need a parachute!
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