A Cirrus silhouetted in the open hangar doorway at Blue Grass Airport, the ramp and sky beyond
The Fleet

One airframe family.
Three ways to fly it.

The Cirrus lineup, in its current generation. SR20. SR22T. Vision Jet. Train in them, rent them, own them through our management program.

Blue Grass Airport · Lexington, Kentucky
SR20 SR22T G7 vs G7+ Vision Jet Technology
Why We Fly Cirrus

Personal aviation, on your terms.

Personal aviation means different things to different people. For some, it is a tool for business: a Tuesday morning meeting two states away that ends in time for dinner at home. For others, it is independence: the ability to fly yourself wherever you need to go, without a commercial schedule, without a connection. And for others, it is family: a long weekend that actually feels long, the coast on Friday, the mountains on Saturday, dinner at your own table on Sunday.

The Cirrus lineup was built for all three. So we built AeroVision around it. Train in a Cirrus. Rent a Cirrus. Own a Cirrus. Same airframe philosophy, same culture of safety, from your first lesson to your ten thousandth hour.

One airframe family. One panel. One parachute.
A Cirrus SR20 on the ramp at Blue Grass Airport, doors open under a summer sky
Aircraft One / The Beginning

SR20

The airplane the rest of aviation answers to.

Cruise
155 kt
Range
709 nm
Ceiling
17,500 ft
Seats
5
SR20 G7 · Blue Grass Airport

When Cirrus introduced the SR20, every trainer that came after had to answer for it. Composite airframe. Side-stick controls. Glass cockpit. A whole-airplane parachute system as standard equipment. Today's G7 is the most refined SR20 yet.

For most of our students, the SR20 is where it begins, the airplane that shapes every takeoff and every scan that follows.

What sets it apart
Lycoming IO-390 engine215 HP / IO-390 / NATURALLY ASPIRATED

Two hundred fifteen horsepower at sea level. Direct fuel injection. Air-cooled, six-cylinder, naturally aspirated. The IO-390 is the engine the SR20 was redesigned around in the G7 generation, replacing the older IO-360.

For a primary trainer, that matters in two specific ways. More takeoff margin on a hot summer day at a short field. And a simpler systems picture for a student pilot. Mixture, throttle, propeller. Three controls. The right complexity at the right time.

Cirrus Perspective Touch+ avionicsPERSPECTIVE TOUCH+ / DUAL TOUCH CONTROL

For a student pilot, the Perspective Touch+ panel does something rare. It teaches you on the airplane you will eventually fly the rest of your career, not on a simplified version of one.

Two large high-resolution displays. Touchscreen primary controls with hard-key backups. Synthetic vision, real-time weather, and dual Garmin Touch Controllers.

CAPS handle mounted in the cockpit ceilingWHOLE-AIRFRAME / WORLD FIRST / STANDARD

Every Cirrus has it. The SR20 was the first airplane in the world to be certified with one.

For the student pilot in the left seat and the family member in the right, that is what a first-time passenger is really asking about. The handle overhead is the reassurance.

Safe Return autoland buttonSAFE RETURN / SINGLE-BUTTON AUTOLAND / G7+

The G7+ brings emergency autoland to a primary trainer, something that did not exist a decade ago.

If the pilot is incapacitated, any passenger can press a single button and the airplane brings itself down to a safe landing. Twenty years ago this was science fiction. On the SR20 G7+, it is standard equipment.

Cirrus SR22T front view with doors open
Aircraft Two / The Standard

SR22T

Twenty-five thousand feet. Two hundred thirteen knots.

Cruise
213 kt
Range
1,021 nm
Ceiling
25,000 ft
Seats
5
SR22T G7 · Blue Grass Airport

The SR22T is the world's best-selling high-performance single, and for good reason. Turbocharged power for hot-and-high performance. A built-in oxygen system. The newest Cirrus Perspective Touch+ avionics suite. The G7 is the most refined SR22T yet.

For owners and serious cross-country travelers, the SR22T is the heart of the fleet.

What sets it apart
Continental TSIO-550-K turbocharged engine315 HP / TSIO-550-K / TURBOCHARGED

One hundred extra horsepower over the SR20 and a turbocharger feeding it. Three hundred fifteen horsepower at takeoff, holding rated power well into the flight levels. The numbers tell the story.

Lexington to Nashville is forty-three minutes block to block. Lexington to the Outer Banks is two hours. Lexington to Aspen is something a naturally aspirated single will not do reliably. The SR22T does it routinely, with payload to spare.

A Cirrus wing above towering clouds at altitudeFL250 CEILING / BUILT-IN O2 / MASK EVERY SEAT

Twenty-five thousand feet of certified service ceiling. A built-in oxygen tank. Masks at every seat. The whole system is part of the airplane, not a portable rental cylinder you have to remember to bring.

What it gives you in real flying: the ability to climb over weather instead of routing around it, faster groundspeeds in the right winds, and a smoother ride for everyone on board. Practically, it doubles the number of bad-weather days you can still fly the mission.

Garmin touchscreen avionics controllerPERSPECTIVE TOUCH+ / SINGLE-PILOT IFR

The same Perspective Touch+ flight deck used in the SR20, with the integrations a high-performance airplane demands. Long-range fuel planning. Datalink weather. Yaw damper, electronic stability, and the auto-level-off that engages the autopilot if you ever lose control.

For the owner-pilot flying single-pilot IFR with family aboard, this is the panel the rest of the industry is catching up to. Workload reduction is a safety feature.

A Cirrus descending safely beneath its deployed CAPS whole-airframe parachuteWHOLE-AIRFRAME / 250+ SAVES / STANDARD

More than two hundred fifty lives saved across the Cirrus fleet. The SR22T inherits the same proven system that has been on every Cirrus since 1999, sized and certified for this airframe at its full gross weight.

For the owner taking spouse and children on a Saturday flight, this is the conversation that does not need to be had. The handle is there. They know it is there. That is enough.

Safe Return autoland on cockpit avionicsSAFE RETURN / ONLY TURBO SINGLE / G7+

The SR22T G7+ is the only turbocharged piston single in the world with emergency autoland as standard equipment.

For the owner who flies often, far, and with the people who count on you to come home, the G7+ is the version of this airplane that closes the last meaningful gap between piston travel and the redundancy of a turbine.

The Generations, Explained

G7 and G7+, side by side.

The G7 is the current production generation of the Cirrus piston line. The G7+ is the same airplane, with one additional layer of automation. Here is exactly what each gives you.

Generation One

G7

The current platform.
  • The newest Cirrus Perspective Touch+ flight deck by Garmin
  • Largest displays and most intuitive interface in the category
  • Redesigned interior with refined lighting and ergonomics
  • Updated avionics suite with full Cirrus IQ connectivity
  • CAPS whole-airframe parachute system, standard
Generation Two

G7+

Everything the G7 is, with one more line of defense.
  • Every feature of the G7 platform, included as standard
  • Safe Return emergency autoland, the only piston single with it
  • Expanded automation and pilot-assist throughout the flight deck
  • Designed for the owner who wants the latest layer of safety
  • The most advanced piston single in production, anywhere
A Cirrus Vision Jet on the ramp at Blue Grass Airport
Aircraft Three / The Personal Jet

Vision Jet

The world's first single-engine personal jet.

Cruise
311 kt
Range
1,275 nm
Ceiling
31,000 ft
Seats
6 to 7
Vision Jet · Blue Grass Airport

When Cirrus delivered the first Vision Jet, they did not enter the jet market. They invented a new category. Single-engine. Single-pilot. Six to seven seats around a panoramic cabin. A flight deck that handles complexity so you can focus on flying.

Whatever the mission, board meeting, family weekend, or a trip that skips the commercial connection entirely, the Vision Jet is the airplane that makes it possible.

What sets it apart
Williams FJ33-5A turbofan engine1,800 LBF / WILLIAMS FJ33-5A

One engine. Eighteen hundred pounds of thrust. Simplified turbofan architecture, built specifically for the owner-pilot mission. Mounted on a V-tail pylon for clean airflow and a quiet cabin.

Single-engine jets used to mean compromise. The FJ33 is the engine that proved the category could exist on its own terms, with the reliability statistics to back it. The Vision Jet has accumulated more than a million flight hours on this powerplant.

Hand pressing Safe Return button in Vision Jet cabinSAFE RETURN / 2020 COLLIER / STANDARD

The Vision Jet was the first jet of any kind to certify and deliver emergency autoland. Cirrus and Garmin took home the 2020 Collier Trophy for it, the most significant award in American aviation, awarded by the National Aeronautic Association.

For a jet that is intentionally flown single-pilot, this is the answer to the only question that ever really mattered: what happens to everyone else if the pilot cannot continue. Press the button. The airplane handles the rest.

Cirrus Vision Jet cabin interior with panoramic windows5 FT HEIGHT / 7 SEATS / PANORAMIC

Five feet of cabin height. Sixty-three inches of cabin width. Six panoramic windows that sweep from waistline to overhead. Seating for up to seven, configurable for cargo or for the family. A flat floor that lets adults walk up rather than climb in.

This is the cabin that turns a personal jet from an aspiration into a use case. A working office at altitude. A flight that the kids will actually look forward to. A weekend that starts when the door closes, not after the connection.

Synthetic vision displayPERSPECTIVE TOUCH+ / FL310 / MACH 0.53

Three large flight displays, dual touch controllers, full FADEC engine control, and the systems integration that turbine flight demands. The same family of panel that runs the SR series, scaled to a thirty-one thousand foot ceiling and a Mach point five envelope.

For the pilot transitioning up from a Cirrus piston, this is the panel you already know. The Vision Jet feels like a familiar room, just on the next floor.

A Cirrus Vision Jet on the ramp with passengers arrivingWHOLE-AIRFRAME / ONLY JET WITH ONE / STANDARD

The Vision Jet is the first and still the only certified jet, anywhere in the world, with a whole-airplane parachute. Combined with Safe Return autoland, the Vision Jet has two completely independent layers of last-resort recovery, neither of which requires a second pilot to operate.

For the owner choosing between a Vision Jet and a comparable twin, this is the differentiator nobody else can match. Two systems. Two redundancies. One airplane.

The Technology, Decoded

Three names you should recognize.

No. 01
CAPS
The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System. A whole-airplane parachute deployed from a panel handle, designed to land the entire aircraft, occupants, cargo, and all, safely beneath canopy. Standard on every Cirrus. The reason the brand exists.
No. 02
Safe Return
Emergency autoland. With one button, the airplane communicates with ATC, picks a suitable runway, configures itself, and lands. Standard on the SR20 G7+, the SR22T G7+, and every Vision Jet.
No. 03
Perspective Touch+
The flight deck. Built by Garmin, refined by Cirrus, the largest displays and the most intuitive interface in the category. The same panel philosophy carries from the SR20 through the Vision Jet, so the airplane you train in feels like the airplane you graduate to.
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