Aircraft
Cirrus Aiming for Year-end Certification of Vision Jet
Three conforming prototype Cirrus Vision SF50s are flying, and construction of the first production version is under way.
Cirrus Aircraft completed ultimate load testing last month of the ballistic recovery parachute that will be standard equipment on its SF50 Vision Jet and plans to do a live test of this system early in the fourth quarter. FAA certification is "on track" for later this year. (Photo: Cirrus Aircraft)
Cirrus Aircraft completed ultimate load testing last month of the ballistic recovery parachute that will be standard equipment on its SF50 Vision Jet and plans to do a live test of this system early in the fourth quarter. FAA certification is "on track" for later this year. (Photo: Cirrus Aircraft)

With three conforming Vision SF50 single-engine jets logging time for the certification flight-test program, Cirrus Aircraft is on track for first delivery by year-end. “The program is coming along really well,” said Matt Bergwall, Vision SF50 product line manager. Conforming prototype C1 is finishing natural-icing testing, and any additional flight-into-known-icing tests can be done on the ground so that full known-icing capability will be included with type certification. C2 is undergoing systems testing and will have a production interior installed in July.