This afternoon I’m going up for a short flight with my friend Mike to review the avionics and other systems in the Cirrus SR22 Perspective. It’s been a few months since I’ve flown a Cirrus and I’m looking forward to getting back into one. Hopefully the button pushing will come back to me easily.
6 p.m. update — Well, the flight was postponed (Mike had to do an unexpected charter flight) but I did manage to get some Perspective today, anyway. This morning I attended a public meeting of the NTSB. The topic was the safety of glass cockpit general aviation aircraft compared to conventional or “steam gauge” aircraft. It was an interesting discussion, and a great opportunity for me to connect with subjects that are near and dear to my heart: flight training, advanced cockpit avionics, and general aviation safety.