#CIRRUS VISION JET FOR SALE WINDOWS#

Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. A lot of people would pay $2 million just for that.ĬNN aviation editor Jon Ostrower contributed to this story. Even the guys in the air traffic control tower said so. Plus, with its V-tail and big windows, the Vision jets looks, undeniably, cool. The Vision Jet's single engine also reduces fuel and maintenance costs, Cirrus says. Until now, anyone who wanted to buy a jet would have to get a fairly big plane with multiple rows of full-sized seats they might never use. So you'd better go before you go, since you can't pull over to a rest-stop at 20,000 feet.īut, for the most part, Cirrus uses the jet's small size as a selling point. The second-row seats, behind the pilot and co-pilot, have lots of legroom and can recline way back, like first class seats in a jetliner.Īnother thing this jet has in common with an SUV: there's no bathroom. There are three rows of seats, but the back row can only accommodate children. On the inside, the cabin feels about the size of a large SUV. $73 million Bombardier jet makes first flight (The fuselage parts are assembled into a finished airplane at Cirrus's Duluth, Minn. parts factory, wouldn't be possible using metal. The Vision Jet's mouse-shaped fuselage, made at the Chinese-owned company's Grand Forks, N.D. Carbon fiber is light but very strong and stiff.

#CIRRUS VISION JET FOR SALE WINDOWS#

The big windows come thanks to carbon fiber construction. The Vision Jet has windows almost as big as a car's that provide a panoramic view of the world outside.

Most planes with pressurized cabins have tiny oval portholes. The most remarkable feature on the Vision Jet is probably its enormous windows. This Vision Jet's seats can be easily repositioned inside the cabin for a number of seating configurations. That means it can fly high enough to go up and over bad weather instead of having to wait it out or go around it as a less expensive plane might do. The Vision Jet also has a pressurized cabin that allows occupants to breathe at very high altitudes without oxygen masks. Unlike cars, in which a higher top speed has little practical benefit, a faster plane, like a jet, can actually get you somewhere much sooner. The other benefits have to do with speed and altitude. Now these folks can casually insert references to 'my jet' into barroom conversations.

But, by cutting the personal jet's price in half, Vision Jet opens the world of personal jet ownership to a lot of people who, until now, have been relegated to piston-engined propeller planes. Sure, $2 million may sound like buckets of money to most of us. With a sticker price of $2 million, it's a bargain compared to most private jets, which run about $5 million.

Cirrus vision jet for sale