As reported by wired.com, Cirrus Aircraft has finally begun delivering its new SF50 Vision Jet to the first of more than 600 customers.
The Vision Jet can haul five adults up to 1,150 miles at 28,000 feet, while cruising at 345 mph—good enough to get from New York to Miami in about three hours. And despite its diminutive size and modest price tag, it offers a slew of innovations. It’s the only private jet to be built entirely out of carbon fiber, the only jet with a whole-plane parachute in case of emergencies,...
A video of the jet is available here on Business Inside.
Whole-plane parachute! Why doesn't every airplane have one???
A little research finds that the parent of the plane maker is in fact the Chinese government, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) . I remember driving passing by CAIGA headquarters near Zhonghua Elevated Road in Pudong, Shanghai.
Interesting. Is there such a thing as 'Envisioned in China?"