KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 29,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cirrus Aircraft announced the
addition of a second FAA-certified Level D full-flight Vision Jet
simulator to serve the company's expansion plans and provide access
to world-class flight training, including initial type ratings and
recurrent training for new and pre-owned aircraft owners at the
Cirrus Aircraft Vision Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The latest
Vision Jet simulator, built by CAE, is now fully operational.
As the world's first single-engine personal jet, the Vision Jet
has continued as the best-selling jet for the last five years.
Owners enjoy the Vision Jet's luxurious and spacious interior
design, advanced safety systems such as the Cirrus Airframe
Parachute System® (CAPS®) and Safe Return™
Emergency Autoland, reduced workload flight deck, convenience and
entertainment features and impressive regional flight capability.
Today, there are over 500 Vision Jets in the market and over 1,055
people are type-rated.
"Cirrus Aircraft is dedicated to providing world-class flight
training and we are continually investing in the Vision Center
campus to expand our capacity and offer ultramodern training
resources," said Todd Simmons,
President of Customer Experience of Cirrus Aircraft.
The global leader in personal aviation now leverages two
FAA-certified Level D full-flight simulators, two FAA-qualified
Level 6 fixed-based training devices and multiple avionics trainers
for Vision Jet training and demonstrating aircraft systems such as
CAPS.
First established as a Factory Service Center in 2016, the
Vision Center campus has grown to include an Experience Center,
Delivery Center, Flight Training Center, additional Factory Service
Center and a Flight Center/Hangar Complex. The state-of-the-art
Vision Center also offers training for its best-selling,
high-performance, single-piston SR Series aircraft. The SR Series
accounts for 32% of single-engine piston aircraft deliveries
worldwide and over 77% of the high-performance single-engine piston
market deliveries.
Through the company's award-winning flight training program
called Cirrus Approach™, all Vision Jet and SR Series training is
accompanied by a dedicated Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot
(CSIP), individual training aircraft and a diverse catalog of
instructional video courses.
The Vision Center is complemented by three Cirrus Flight
Training locations in Scottsdale,
Arizona; McKinney, Texas
and Orlando, Florida and over 100
Cirrus Training Center partners worldwide. The Vision Center in
Knoxville is the only location
that offers Vision Jet type ratings.
Learn more about Cirrus Aircraft Flight Training at
cirrusaircraft.com/training.
About Cirrus Aircraft
Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal
aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston
aircraft and the Vision Jet®, the world's first
single-engine Personal Jet™, and the recipient of the Robert J.
Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined aviation
performance, comfort and safety with innovations like the Cirrus
Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) – the
first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included
as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight
time on Cirrus aircraft has passed 16 million hours, and 250 people
have returned home safely to their families as a result of the
inclusion of CAPS as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. The
company has seven locations in the United
States, including Benton Harbor,
Michigan; Duluth,
Minnesota; Grand Forks, North
Dakota; Greater Dallas,
Texas; Greater Phoenix,
Arizona; and Greater Orlando,
Florida and Knoxville,
Tennessee. Learn more at cirrusaircraft.com.
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