Cirrus Aircraft News

Background
TCM has notified Cirrus Aircraft of an issue with a recent batch of hydraulic lifters impacting the following, intake and exhaust lifters on IO-360 series and intake lifters on IO-550 engines. Some parts from a batch have exhibited abnormal wear at low engine time. Since the worn parts can adversely affect engine performance, TCM has recommended affected planes not be flown. We expect a Mandatory Service Bulletin to be issued today (October 30, 2009), and an Airworthiness Directive is likely to follow. Cirrus has already taken the action to contact the few individual owners that were impacted by this situation.
 
Effectivity
TCM is confident of the start and stop serial numbers in production. Production engines had the (now suspect) intake lifters installed starting with June 2009 builds, and exhaust lifters beginning September 2009. Again, only a handful of Cirrus owners with recently new production aircraft and engines are affected by this condition, and the mojority have already been contacted by Cirrus and TCM. If you have NOT been contacted by Cirrus regarding this issue by the close of business Friday, October 30, 2009, your airplane is likely NOT Affected. However, owners that had spare parts installed since this summer may be impacted.  Details on effectivity will be in the forthcoming service bulletin.
 
Part availability
All suspect parts at TCM and distributors have been quarantined. TCM is pursuing multiple parallel paths meet field and production demands. There will be some short term shortages.
 
Corrective action
The suspect parts will be replaced in the field. Work will take 3-4 hours and can be done by an A&P. Visit TCM's website for additional information. You may also call TCM's customer service deparment at 1.888.826.5465, or Cirrus Customer Help Desk at 1.800.921.2737 or email us at fieldservice@cirrusaircraft.com .

Cirrus Aircraft will keep all affected parties up to date with the most current information as it becomes available. 

Cirrus Aircraft today named Patrick Carroll to the post of Divisional Director Middle East and Asia. As Cirrus currently delivers aircraft in more than 50 countries around the world, Carroll brings key experience and market knowledge to the Cirrus Aircraft corporate strategy of overall broader market presence and penetration into Middle Eastern and Asian markets.

Prior to Cirrus, Patrick held senior sales and marketing positions at BAE Systems, Airbus, EADS and other companies as their representative in Asia. He has specific experience in the Middle East, particularly in the area of government, institutional and special-use aircraft sales. Holding an electronics degree from London South Bank University,  Patrick is an active pilot who has flown more than 1000 hours in Asia. He is an FAA commercial pilot with multi-engine and instrument ratings and is a Certified Flight Instructor. Additionally he holds pilot licenses in Japan, China and the Philippines.

Ian Bentley, Cirrus’ Vice President and Managing Director for International Sales, welcomed the addition of Carroll to the Cirrus team, “Aircraft buyers throughout the Middle East and Asia can now have the same direct access to Cirrus enjoyed by their counterparts in other parts of the world.”

In accepting the appointment to this position Patrick commented, “I am pleased to join the team of professionals in Cirrus and be working to expand Cirrus’ business throughout the Middle East and in Asia, looking particularly at Fleet Sales. The Middle East and Asia are an especially challenging and dynamic market with many countries keen to upgrade their training fleets. Cirrus aircraft provide advance flight symbology and moving maps similar to the latest commercial jet and military aircraft.”

Cirrus owners, Laurence Balter and his lovely family, live the Flying 2.0^TM dream!  See the video Laurence created to capture some of the places he has been in his Cirrus SR22.

See more Cirrus Stories here.

As a point of disclaimer, Mr. Balter lived in Hawaii and used his Cirrus to fly between the islands.  Flying over the ocean requires special planning, a high level of skill, and auxiliary fuel tanks, among other special provisions.

Cirrus Aircraft pulls out all the stops at the AOPA Aviation Summit, November 5-7 in Tampa, Florida.

The Cirrus Vision V1 aircraft makes its debut at AOPA in the outdoor display area!  Also outdoors are a Cirrus SR22 and a Cirrus Known Ice equipped SR22 with the X-Edition package.  Booth #1301 inside the convention center is where you'll see the full size Cirrus Vision jet mock up.  Climb inside to experience for yourself the roominess unique only to this single engine personal jet.

You will not want to miss this show.  Contact Cirrus for details at info@cirrusaircraft.com.

These aren’t your everyday Cirrus aircrafts – oh no – these are the latest sporting our Cirrus Xi  and X-Edition packages. The Xi is custom-tailored to reflect the aesthetic personality of the individual owner, who joined with the Cirrus design team to determine the precise details of their dream Cirrus: the choice of exterior paint schemes, graphic striping, interior fabrics and colors, and even the choice of stitching color and console inserts.

This Cirrus Xi in Gulf Blue and white will soon be standing out of the crowd at its home base in Brazil.

It’s easy to see why this color is called Imperial Red. This Cirrus with X-Edition bird is sure to make heads turn at home in Italy.

To learn more, contact your Cirrus Sales Director today!

NBAA's campaign to support business aviation, called "No Plane No Gain" tells the story of Cirrus owner, Bryan Currier – the 28-year-old president of Advantage Technologies, Inc., a Troy, Michigan-based medical information technology (IT) consulting firm.  Bryan lives Cirrus Flying 2.0^TM using his Cirrus aircraft to gain a competitive advantage in his business by traveling on his schedule, safely and efficiently, and to more destinations than are available with commercial air travel.  Read Bryan's story here.

Cirrus Aircraft is pleased to partner with NBAA on the Light Business Airplane Conference, to be held October 21-22, 2009, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.  This conference is designed for operators of light business airplanes, like the Cirrus SR20, SR22, and TURBO.  The Light Business Airplane Conference will feature more than 25 Education Sessions that will help you use your general aviation airplane for business - more efficiently, safely and cost effectively.

One highlight of this show is the Single-Pilot Safety Standdown, which is open to all who fly general aviation airplanes for business.  At the Safety Standdown, pilots of light business airplanes will participate in timely discussions on important safety topics such as fatigue countermeasures, airmanship, cockpit, resource management (for single-pilot operations), pilot health, icing and more.

To learn more about NBAA's important campaign in support of business aviation, visit their site:
No Plane No Gain.

LOOPtv visited Cirrus Headquarters in April, 2009, and in this broadcast provide their perspective on the Cirrus Perspective by Garmin^TM avionics suite.  Watch as Cirrus pilot, Rob Haig, describes this avionics suite available only on Cirrus Aircraft.  See for yourself how Cirrus and Garmin partnered to take the G1000 to unprecedented levels of safety, functionality and pilot-airplane interface with features not available in any other avionics suite.

Here’s another example of how general aviation is helping business, and charity organizations, make the world a little better. Scott Gross, Cirrus owner and pilot, has found diverse benefits with his Cirrus:

I am in the real estate business and also an investor in charge of our family limited partnership. Our Cirrus is used to visit presently owned sites as well as a tool for checking out new opportunities near or far from our Ohio base operations. We have also been fortunate to add pleasure flying to our busy business use with college shopping on some of these trips and going to other family functions, but that’s not all we use our Cirrus for.

The PILOT and PAWS rescue group has been instrumental in helping move animals, pets and adoptables around the country whether the need be for rescues, overnight foster care or shelter. The benefits of air transport over ground transport often means the difference between life and death for thousands of dogs and cats. And this is all done through the work of our unselfish and unpaid volunteers. Being an animal lover doesn't hurt either.   

For move details or information go to our website www.pilotsnpaws.org or please feel free to call me at 330-865-5600 (Ohio time) between the hours of 8am and 5pm. 
Scott Gross

Join Cirrus Aircraft at NBAA 2009, booth #2669. Outdoors, at the Orlando Executive Airport, Cirrus will display the popular Cirrus SR22 completely individualized with the new Xi package. You will be struck by the details built into this aircraft. Inside, climb into the Cirrus Vision jet full size mock up and try on the Cirrus SR22 with the popular Cirrus Perspective by Garmin^TM avionics suite.  We hope to see you there!

For a complete list of Cirrus Events, click here.