Cirrus Aircraft

Cirrus Aircraft is a US manufacturer of single engine personal aircraft. It builds the SR Series of composite piston aircraft and the Vision Jet, a single engine personal jet, and supports owners with flight training, maintenance and ownership services. The company began in 1984, when Dale and Alan Klapmeier started work in the family barn in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Its research and development base and manufacturing are in Duluth, Minnesota, with composite production in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Aircraft

• SR20, SR22 and SR22T piston aircraft, currently the SR Series G7+ with Garmin Perspective Touch+ avionics
• Vision Jet SF50, now in its G3 version with seating for six adults
• TRAC10, TRAC20, TRAC22 and TRAC22T training aircraft for fleet customers

Services

Cirrus offers the Cirrus Approach training programme, an instrument rating programme, factory service and maintenance, aircraft sales, pre-owned listings, the Cirrus IQ connectivity app and Cirrus One ownership support.

Company facts

• Founded in 1984 in Baraboo, Wisconsin; first kit aircraft, the VK-30, flew in 1988
• First SR20 delivered in 1999; SR22 type certificated in 2000
• Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) fitted as standard on all certified models
• Vision Jet type certificated on 28 October 2016
• Vision Jet won the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy; the Safe Return emergency autoland system won the 2020 Collier Trophy
• SR Series G7+ is the first piston aircraft with Safe Return Emergency Autoland
• Customer locations include the Vision Center in Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS), McKinney, Texas (TKI), Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida, and Scottsdale, Arizona