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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:20:47 -0500
References: <8ce1d19e-293f-b5f2-292e-b85f20db8b75@lighttube.net> <CA+3n+_k72ZZYkj1WZ9ts=d0=KnManpPbfEsoNGR-jAP4MjcJFg@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, the paint job is striking.? It would appear to me that the 
installation angle of the large V-tail was chosen to off-set the thrust 
angle.? I haven't seen one in cruise flight, but I would expect it 
cruise in a slightly nose-down attitude.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/15/2019 5:56 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> A red rose of a different sort.  I do wonder about the thrust vector.
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 7:17 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> My son and I were watching the Airport Channel on our local cable
>> network when we saw a larger V-tailed airplane taxi into view. Rick
>> initiated a search and identified it as a Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet,
>> manufactured in East Tennessee.  On our way out for an evening meal, we
>> stopped by the airport to allow me to snap a few pictures.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190714-DSCF1384.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] IMG: Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet)