Roger
December 15th 05, 09:16 AM
On 12 Dec 2005 21:57:29 -0800, "Robert M. Gary" >
wrote:
>Some think so. The Cirrus is arguably marketed to the lowest time
>pilots, those less likely to have an instrument rating. Unlike a Cessna
>172, a Cirrus is fast enough to actually be used to go places quickly.
>That combintation (good travel plane, designed for low time pilots) may
>make it more likely to have the types of accidents expected of lower
>time pilots.
The Cirrus should be thought of as a new composit Bonanza and flown
like one. Retractable feet are not that much of a concern to most of
us. Pilots treat them like other planes with fixed gear and they
aren't. They are like a very high performance plane that happens to
have the gear down all the time.
People think of them like a 172 or 182 that might be a bit faster when
they are not only much faster they are sliperier than snot on a door
knob.
If every one thought of them as a fast and slipery airplane and I'd
bet the stats would change.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
wrote:
>Some think so. The Cirrus is arguably marketed to the lowest time
>pilots, those less likely to have an instrument rating. Unlike a Cessna
>172, a Cirrus is fast enough to actually be used to go places quickly.
>That combintation (good travel plane, designed for low time pilots) may
>make it more likely to have the types of accidents expected of lower
>time pilots.
The Cirrus should be thought of as a new composit Bonanza and flown
like one. Retractable feet are not that much of a concern to most of
us. Pilots treat them like other planes with fixed gear and they
aren't. They are like a very high performance plane that happens to
have the gear down all the time.
People think of them like a 172 or 182 that might be a bit faster when
they are not only much faster they are sliperier than snot on a door
knob.
If every one thought of them as a fast and slipery airplane and I'd
bet the stats would change.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com