![]() ![]() It wasn’t a cakewalk by any stretch, but ultimately the entry-level SR20 and flagship SR22 in their various iterations have proven hot sellers (new and used), good performers and with unusually loyal and enthusiastic customers. By the mid-1990s, Cirrus principals Alan and Dale Klapmeier developed a new vision, reasoning that the time was right for a high-performance, composite fixed-gear single that anyone could fly safely. Cirrus Design was known in the experimental aircraft world during the 1990s for its VK30 pusher kit, an innovative composite design that gained some traction in the kit market. ![]() You’ve likely heard the success story several times over. Models with new engines, upgraded avionics and paint and interior mods sell for a lot more.īut before getting in line for a Cirrus to call your own, get an insurance quote, have a plan for getting the right training and be ready to commit when you get to the bidding stage-newly listed SR22s sell fast. The Fall 2022 Aircraft Bluebook lists a normally aspirated SR22-GS at $410,000, which is almost what it cost when delivered new back in 2010. But now is not the time to buy any SR22 on the cheap-Cirrus models are in demand. ![]() And with the earliest SR22 models nearly over 20 years old, there’s a larger variety of used models to pick from. With a composite structure, a parachute and sports-sedan-like cabin ergos, the Cirrus SR22 is one of the most modern piston singles, demanding intensive training and aggressive maintenance. He gets it in and out of a 2000-foot turf strip in the Czech Republic. Alexis von Croy stepped up to his second-gen SR22 GTS, top, from a Piper Warrior. ![]()
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