Cirrus Design Corporation announced that the most highly anticipated aircraft in the company’s history, currently called ‘The-Jet’, made its first flight at approximately 10 AM CDT today, July 3rd, 2008. The 45-minute flight was conducted from company worldwide headquarters at the Duluth International Airport, Duluth, MN and the aircraft performed flawlessly.
The-Jet is an all new personal aircraft that blends the best of both the high performance single-engine class and the very light jet (VLJ) category. Unsurpassed interior space, single engine fuel efficiency, flexible seating options for a family of up to seven, state-of-the-art advanced avionics and flight systems and the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) are each hallmarks of the new design.
- Cirrus Design Press Release
:: The folks at Cirrus Design promise that they will eventually give "The-Jet" a name.
I'm happy to call it anything, because whatever the nice folks in Duluth come up with, I suggest it should roll off the tongue when prefixed with words like, "cool," and "awesome."
Go watch the video here.
...it looks beautiful.
Rod Rakic is a private pilot and geek based in Chicago. (MDW)
