Trip reports and other flying stories about SR20s
This is a collection of stories written mostly by current SR20 owners
about trips they have made or other aspects of owning and flying the Cirrus
SR20.
- Marty Kent picks up his SR22
Marty Kent, ex-Cessna driver, now has a shiny new SR22. Read his story and comments
on the delivery, factory tour, and flight home.
- Peter and Del take delivery
Del Fadden and Peter Morton, retired Boeing engineers, finally got to take delivery of
their SR20 (#1062). Read all about it. Their second instalment details the Sandel HSI installation.
Now, Peter and Del have had the Arnav engine monitoring system installed in their plane. Read
their extensive write-up on the system.
- Han and N144CD do America
Han Klinkspoor collected N144CD from the factory and flew nearly 100 hours before it was ferried to Europe. Read his report.
- Ferrying N142CD (to become VH-CRF) from Duluth to Australia
Rob Leach is ferrying N142CD - see the route and read en-route reports.
- General observations on the SR20
Christopher Peznola, owner of the second customer-delivered SR20, shares his
experiences on the first 100 hours of flying his SR20 N20CD.
- Walt's East Coast Trip and Performance
Walt Conley, owner of the very first delivered SR20, flies around the East Coast and
discusses performance.
- Walt flies to the West Coast.
Does the SR20 fly differently on the West Coast? Find out here!
- Walt's vacuum pump failure
Walt has a vacuum pump die in flight, but lives to tell the tale.
- Christopher dives into some weather
Christopher Peznola (N20CD) flies to the Bahamas for some diving, but has
some not-so-nice weather enroute.
- N124CD flies home
Robin Taylor waited a long time for his plane to be built - then had to wait
even longer for delivery due to problems ferrying N124CD to Europe. But it was
worth the wait!
- Jim Fallows' New York Times article.
Journalist Jim Fallows flew a demonstrator SR20 from California to Duluth and wrote about
it for the New York Times. The article is available on the NYT web site via this link.