Cirrus Carbon
Item Number: 1606Cirrus SR Carbon airplane model. Certified by the FAA in 1998, hundreds of SR-20s have been sold since the first was delivered in 1999 as of December 2006 over 2000 planes together with the SR-22 has been made. One of the major selling points for the SR-20 is that it has a fully digital avionics suite with one 10-inch Avidyne FlightMax primary flight display and one multi-function display. A pair of Garmin GNS430s provide GPS navigation, conventional radio navigation, and radio communications.
The SR-20, like the faster SR-22, is equipped with the Ballistic Recovery Systems Cirrus Aircraft Parachute System, a large parachute which can be deployed in an emergency to lower the entire aircraft to the ground safely.
On June 1, 2004, the SR-20 became the first aircraft to achieve the new European Aviation Safety Agency certificate for aircraft imported into the European Union.
Mahogany wood. Wingspan 19 1/2 inches, Lenght 13 inches.