Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida

Re:Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida by MerelyMortal on Sunday September 11, 2022 @11:43PM (#32805855)

I've only heard the "dentist killers" phrase used in association with V-tail aircraft.

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Re:Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida by scrumper on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:13AM (#32808991)

Yeah. When I was learning to fly (early 2000s) I heard “fork-tailed doctor killer” a lot in reference to the Beechcraft Bonanza.

Never dentists though, but maybe that was just my flying club’s biases.

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Re:Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida by pseingatl on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:22AM (#32810744)

Which the Cirrus is. Is there a reason they selected this design?

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Re:Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida by ramesh31 on Monday September 12, 2022 @05:25PM (#32817214)

Which the Cirrus is. Is there a reason they selected this design?

Vision Jet is a great airplane with a sound design. But they are akin to the general aviation equivalent of a Ferrari or Lamborghini. Lots of fun and perfectly safe if you know what you’re doing. Disastrous if not.

It really just comes down to training. An aircraft with this level of performance would have only been flown by someone with an ATP certificate 20 years ago. Now anyone with money and a PPL + type rating can get into situations they have no ability to correct.

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