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This 2022 Cirrus SR22T G6 Carbon Edition Is a Luxury Cross-Country ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Flying Magazine

The aircraft also features the company’s signature safety innovations, including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), AmSafe airbag seat restraints, and a hypoxia recognition system with automatic descent mode. The next annual inspection is not due until January 2026.

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Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water

Flying Magazine

Staying within two miles of shore might have prevented the ditching, but this is one of those cases where the pilot really stacked the deck against a favorable outcome: no medical, no BFR, and the airplane’s last annual inspection had been nine years earlier. The plan might be to cruise at FL250 or higher.

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Pilots Should Become Part of In-Crowd

Flying Magazine

Maintenance facility and individual mechanic recommendations for annual inspections and regular maintenance. But be honesta few takeoffs, climbs, descents, and landings do not make a checkout. Lists of available modifications, where to buy them, and where to have them installed.

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