ABOVE: The 11,000th SR Series aircraft is a G7+ (note the registration)
Cirrus Aircraft recently delivered its 11,000th SR Series aircraft, a G7+. The achievement was commemorated with a special SR Series G7+ featuring a Monteverde dark green exterior and the number eleven integrated into the fuselage, tail and cabin.
Since Cirrus’s first delivery in 1999, the SR Series has become one of the most popular single-engine aircraft ever built. Some estimates place the aircraft as accounting for nearly 50 percent of the global piston aircraft market, while the aircraft has been claiming the top spot as the best-selling general aviation aircraft each year going all the way back to 2003.
“Delivering 11,000 SR Series aircraft is an incredible milestone for Cirrus,” said Cirrus CEO Zean Nielsen. “Cirrus is the third largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, and our aircraft feature innovations including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), Perspective Touch+ avionics and Safe Return Emergency Autoland, which continue to raise the industry benchmark and keep people flying with confidence.”
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