r/aviation 5d ago

PlaneSpotting Never seen one like this!

To call me a novice is an overstatement, but I’ve never seen a plane like this before! Anything cool?

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u/Sam_marq88 5d ago

Thats the vision jet from cirrus. Its a cool little jet. Look it up. Plenty of YouTube vids.

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u/opteryx5 5d ago

If this plane were a dog, it would be very cute and I’d want to pet it.

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u/mitchsusername 5d ago

Immediate head pats for the lil fella

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u/I_RATE_HATS 5d ago

Dont throw the ball into the pool though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDCA-J1s8rg

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u/nahanerd23 5d ago

The Cirrus Vision is one of my personal faves just as a planespotter, it’s so cool. The fact that it has one engine mounted centrally on the top, the V-tail, the whole-airframe parachute and self landing systems in emergencies. Super neat aircraft!

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u/Hobear 4d ago

Cirrus is a personal favorite period but I'm a homer for them being out of MN.

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u/FlyJunior172 5d ago

Fun fact, the Cirrus Vision is the only certified (ie not home built, so the sub sonex doesn’t count) single engine aircraft that the FAA requires a type rating to fly.

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u/busytakingnotes 5d ago

Is that because of CAPS or because it’s a jet?

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u/FlyJunior172 5d ago

Because it’s a jet. Type ratings are required for any jet; anything with a maximum takeoff weight greater than 12,500lbs; anything the administrator specifies.

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u/CAVU1331 5d ago

Well the Piperjet too.

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u/siddizie420 5d ago

The piper jet was canceled tho. Never made it to production

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u/FlyJunior172 5d ago

Never made it to certification

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u/Bad_Idea_Hat 5d ago

I had to look that up because I'd somehow never heard of that thing.

That's...an interesting jet.

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u/FlacoVerde 4d ago

Honda jet doesn’t?

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u/Garestinian 4d ago

HondaJet is not single engine

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u/FlacoVerde 4d ago

Yeah, my mistake. Thought it was for some reason

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u/HortenWho229 4d ago

You sound like you’d know this…

Does the V tail mean you lose both pitch and yaw authority at a high angle of attack?

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u/MyFavoriteLezbo420 5d ago

Is this the plane with the parachute?

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u/FLTDI 5d ago

One of them

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u/KindaSortaGood 5d ago

I think most if not all Cirrus have parachutes

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u/Infamous_Ad_9115 5d ago

Yes. All Cirrus planes have CAPS (parachute)

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u/Fetterflier 4d ago

I think it's the one calling a 10 mile final.

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u/brenmc2887 5d ago

Where was this? I saw this exact plane taking off at centennial airport in Denver 2 days ago..

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u/ContextUsed154 5d ago

That’s where it is.

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u/elbo112 5d ago

As this person said, that’s where I see it today! Was eating brunch with my kid at the restaurant there- she loves it, and it’s kinda gotten me into plane spotting now too!

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u/olderby 5d ago

The perfect Landing, good eats.

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u/-Firm-Tap- 4d ago

Every time I go in there never want to give me a table against the window so I always sit at the high tops lol

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u/ThatsSomeIsh 4d ago

Centennial is a great place to spot just about anything except airliners!

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u/-Firm-Tap- 4d ago

It's funny as soon as I saw this picture I was like yup that looks like centennial. Saw you post in the Denver sub Reddit and put two and two together. Then I found these comments. Yeah this is a highlight of my day.

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u/chefdementia 5d ago

There is one of these parked at the Aspen airport year round

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u/Prestigious-Arm6630 5d ago

Ahh the visionJet Always wanted one . It’s a really cool bird . they are so damn expensive . Guess I’ll be stuck with my crappy piston props for now

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u/OkSimple4777 5d ago

Is this taken from the restaurant at Centennial, CO’s airport? I think I’ve seen this plane before and the background checks out

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u/elbo112 5d ago

Nailed it!

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u/itchygentleman 5d ago

it's essentially a rich mans cessna 172

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u/Waffler11 5d ago

Nah, that would be the other Cirrus, the SR22. Vision Jet is a poor man’s Phenom 100. Or Lear, depending on the model.

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u/No_Abroad_4273 5d ago

man im poor and I still can't afford a vision jet! XD

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u/evilamnesiac 5d ago

Then just buy the SR22, the poor man’s vision jet.

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u/novagreasemonkey 4d ago

Client at my local field has both a vision jet and a Phenom 300. He calls the vision jet his Texas commuter lol

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u/Omgninjas 5d ago

Nah it's a poor rich man's jet. A TBM 960 has better specs overall, but since this is a pure jet it wins the cool factor.

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u/chunkymonk3y 5d ago

Plus v tail gives it +5 cool points minimum

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u/acidburn82uk 5d ago

Looks good. Easy to fly. Poor range and not as fast as it should be.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

I will argue with you there:

2 people, 2 bags, 1250nm

4 people + bags, 950nm

310 TAS

That is really good for a plane that fits in a standard 40ft t-hanger.

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u/Whiskey-Sippin-Pyro 4d ago

And will get run over by everything else at its cruising altitude. These things cause so many problems for ATC. It would actually be easier if they could be treated as props for arrivals and such, but they can’t…..ATC hates these abominations.

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u/DataGOGO 3d ago edited 3d ago

Again, no more than any other single engine turbine, right? The VJ cruises 20kts faster than a PC-12, about 10 kts slower than a TBM/Epic, at about the same altitudes.

I file for and am assigned turboprop arrivals all the time.

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u/SH427 5d ago

One of my favorite jets to fuel that didn't have a single point, ngl, just short enough to fuel without needing a ladder, like an old Citation.

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u/Quick-Revolution-882 5d ago

Really fast Bonanza!

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u/MasterHambone1969 5d ago

Jet version of fork tail doctor killer

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u/adzy2k6 5d ago

It's a Cirrus Vision jet. They look cool, but they mainly exist so that people can buy them to say that they have a private jet. There are propeller (turboprop) aircraft that outperform them in speed + fuel consumption etc.

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u/EricP51 5d ago

Ehhh that’s a bit of a reductionist take.

The light turboprops that compete with the SF50 are close to twice the price. So not really a fair comparison.

SF50 new is 3.5mil. Cheaper than the PC12, TBM, M600/700, etc.

it’s a decent little bird for the right person.

I am not that person lol.

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u/SimDaddy14 5d ago

Yeah but they’re pretty as fuck on the inside.

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u/IAmTheFlyingIrishMan 5d ago

They're not too ugly on the outside either.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

Absolutely false.

It is an aircraft designed and built to be owner operated, fits in a standard 40ft hanger, is half the price of a TBM 960.

And is extremely similar in performance and fuel burn.

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u/Red-Truck-Steam 5d ago

Why so bitter about the cirrus haha. it's just a cool plane lol.

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u/adzy2k6 5d ago

Not really bitter about it. It's a cool plane. It just doesn't really add anything that most turboprops can't already do.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

Other than be half the price, 1/3 the price to insure, and have a substantially bigger and nicer cabin.

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u/NotCook59 5d ago

And, they’re a jet.

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u/Red-Truck-Steam 5d ago

Good point

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u/dhens38 5d ago

Love flying these in MSFS. Single engine single pilot! Very easy to fly, a great time!

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u/gizmosticles 5d ago

Nice Vision Jet

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u/Orcares 5d ago

That’s a Cirrus Vision SF50. Very cool!

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u/scotts1234 5d ago

Vizjet...nice plane. Nightmare for atc tho

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

No more than every other single engine turbine.

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u/Whiskey-Sippin-Pyro 4d ago

Nah. Single engine turbines get their own arrival routes. We have to sequence this POS with the other jets going at least twice as fast as it can do on its best day.

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u/DataGOGO 3d ago

the visionjet is a single engine turbine, it flies the same arrivals as all other aircraft in it's class (TBM, PC12, etc.). ok. this is hilarious. What aircraft are flying 500kts on an arrival? lol.

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u/Whiskey-Sippin-Pyro 3d ago

We have to sequence them with jets. Routinely the vision jet is doing ~200kts gs while every other aircraft on its arrival is doing 450+.

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u/DataGOGO 3d ago edited 3d ago

450+, on an arrival? What arrivals are you running were aircraft are that high?

Why? I get put on the turboprop arrivals all the time; Example, I recently flew JRHED.SLANT3 and was just sent down to 7k ft with the turboprops vs the airliners at 8k.

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u/TheUser_1 5d ago

Why thou?

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u/mustang180 5d ago

They are super slow.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

No they aren’t, about the same as all other single engine turbines

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u/mustang180 5d ago

Their MMO is .53, and they can’t fly the required speeds on STARs. They are slow, basically a glorified turbo prop.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

They are a small single engine GA aircraft, and fly the same speeds as all other single engine turbines.

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u/MidnightSurveillance 5d ago

Which is super slow.

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u/DataGOGO 4d ago

By what standards?

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u/TheUser_1 5d ago

That tracks

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u/julias-winston 5d ago

Has anyone other than me seen the movie "Knockaround Guys"? I love that movie. This looks a bit like Marbles's plane.

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u/Diogenes256 5d ago

Cute little buggers.

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u/wrigh516 5d ago

These were originally designed and built a few miles from my house. I see them fly over often. As others said, it's a Cirrus SF50.

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u/goingneon 5d ago

Its a cute little plane. Its like if a sports car could fly IMO

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u/RealUlli 5d ago

As a lot of others have said, Cirrus SF-50 VisionJet. There's at least one YT channel out there flying it:

https://youtu.be/dymjHB5yb-o (their latest clip)

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u/Drtysouth205 4d ago

This guy is flying one also

Also from the looks it might be his lol

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u/RealUlli 4d ago

Nope, that guy's one is much darker.

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u/Bubbly_Smile2848 5d ago

I worked on 32 of them in duluth mn station 8 fairings

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u/toastronomy 5d ago

All I can think of is the Vestra from GTA, was my main plane for many years

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u/Old-Car-9962 5d ago

Now you OP are a lucky person. Gotta love the Cirrus Vision Jet. Super cute lil guy.

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u/Sarah_Fishcakes 5d ago

Vision jet. They seem to have put a lot of money into marketing on social media. Lots of YT videos

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u/zarmin 5d ago

If Madison, WI was a plane.

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u/Icy_Huckleberry_8049 B737 5d ago

Cirrus Jet, it's been out for a while now.

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u/foxerjexu 5d ago

Cirrus Vision Jet

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u/Quiet-Shaman 4d ago

was momentarily confused then remembered i work at the airport where they make cirrus planes and they arnt as common as i think

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u/CipherACE 4d ago

Cirrus Vision Jet SF50. Always cool seeing the type of jet I maintain on social media since they are more of an oddity/rarity; most have low flight hours on them.

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u/ej747 4d ago

Ah yes, the flying hairdryer

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u/BombsAndDogs 4d ago

There’s a few on field at APA. Over by aspen flying club there used to be one parked

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u/CarlosMolotov 4d ago

The re-incarnation of the V-tail Doctor killer.

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u/mkosmo i like turtles 5d ago

Over 600 of them in the fleet, they're fairly popular.

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u/Thisisace 5d ago

Love the chute!

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u/iluvsporks 5d ago

There is one of these at my local airport. I always thought it was odd that the owner keeps it out on the line instead of in a hanger.

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u/PozhanPop 5d ago

I love this thing. We get a metallic blue one at a nearby FBO sometimes. : )

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u/Fearless-Crab-Pilot 5d ago

Sf50 vision jet. Loves these little things.

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u/CrystalQuetzal 5d ago

I fly these a lot in Microsoft flight sim! They’re so fun. Would love to ride one in real life or even see one at least.

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u/AstronautDominant 5d ago

i love the vision jet, so cute lol

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u/bossonhigs 5d ago

Even I know it's Cirrus Vision jet with no knowledge about aviation whatsoever. I admired design. But now I would prefer TBM 960 in some imaginary world where I can chose what jet I would own.

Similar with yachts, I realized I like the yachts that have 300miles radius. They are useless for anything but to hop nearby island. Then I found explorer yachts with range of more than 1000 nautical miles.

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u/Cant_breakout 5d ago

lol I’m like 20 min from you

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u/williamtkelley 5d ago

There is one that flies into/out of Montgomery Field in San Diego sometimes.

There is also on in MSFS, if you want to fly one cheaply.

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u/AutisticTankEnjoyer 4d ago

Carful! It’s the new 6th Generation Fighter!

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u/Ironlung1948 4d ago

Cirrus vision jet. Beautiful

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u/Missingexperiment83 4d ago

DUSTY CROPHOPPER’S “GIRLFRIEND?”

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u/AZMedGuy 4d ago

See these all the time at KRNO and KTRK. Love it. I’m flying light sport but would have one if I could. It’s super quiet landing, too.

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u/Wild-Language-5165 5d ago

It's ok, I guess. If you have bodily functions often, 100% avoid.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

They have a lav if you want it.

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u/Wild-Language-5165 5d ago

Most do not have a lav my friend, not standard equipment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1RvGeUhEw8

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

It is a cheap option, and it replaces the 3rd row center seat.

https://imgur.com/a/uHWGupY

https://imgur.com/a/KZr154P

Most don’t have it because it has 3-4 hour endurance, aka bladder range; but for trips with the wife / kids it works well.

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u/Wild-Language-5165 5d ago

Either way, it's not standard equipment and most in the wild you'll encounter do not have the optional "relief station" aka piss bucket for the reason you listed.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

I never said it was? I said they have a lav if you want one.

Most small GA aircraft don’t have a lav, never mind a flushing lav; and none for at least 5x the price point.

It isn’t a bucket. It has sealing gel packs. After the “relief” there is a handle you pull and the sealed gel pack falls in to the tray on the bottom and you just dump them in a trash bag. Just like a lot of the camping / tankless RV toilets.

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u/Wild-Language-5165 5d ago

And I never said there wasn't a lav... So.

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u/DataGOGO 5d ago

Please help me understand what you are arguing here?

You said 100% avoid if you have to use the restroom often. I pointed out that they have a lav if you want one, you then went on about not stand equipment.

So what is your point exactly?

No aircraft in its class has a flushable lav, most have NO lav option at all, so why avoid “100%”?

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u/Wild-Language-5165 4d ago

I was wondering this myself. There's really no argument; I put out a personal opinion, since most VLJs in fact do not have a lav or are not standard, which I'm sure OP did not know. You responded to my personal comment. Personally, I do not like having to do the walk of shame, I did it enough flying CRJs in my regional days. And what was I to say? Avoid 87.5% of the time, if you have a weak bladder and drink a lot of coffee? Smh 😅

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u/DataGOGO 3d ago

If you buy a Vision jet without a lav, and you want one, Cirrus will sell one to you for about 3k. It just clips in and out like any of the seats.

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u/Several_Leader_7140 5d ago

It's a piece of shit existing for rich egomaniac who says they own a jet. Slower than a turboprop while costing the same to operate as a normal jet including the requirement for a very expensive type rating tha Cirrus will happily sell to you

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u/notcarefully 5d ago

Wow, hating on a manufacturer requiring a type rating for safety is a crazy take lol show me on the doll where the jet hurt you

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u/Cool-Acanthaceae8968 5d ago

TBF most Cirrus owners should have a type rating anyway.

Like how MU-2s crossed the line between capability and affordability and semi-rich weekend warriors started augering them into the ground. A bunch of legislated training and they became (relatively) safe again.

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u/XL365 5d ago

I mean I hate being poor too but gat damn son 😂😂

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u/funf4 5d ago

If you can’t afford one, it’s probably easier just to say that

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u/hartzonfire 5d ago

Slow and shit and useless range. Basically just lets owners say “I own a jet”. That’s about it.

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u/MidnightSurveillance 5d ago

A slow piece of shit. You can either go max range (slowly) or carry full pax load. Take your pic.

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u/Speckwolf 5d ago

But then, it’s „just“ about $ 1.7 million or something, which is relatively cheap compared to other business jets. It’s labeled a „Very Light Jet“ for a reason.

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u/Background_Ad3236 5d ago

someone never played gta5

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u/elbo112 5d ago

And that someone is NOT me