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July 09, 2008

Join Aero-TV For A Ringside Seat To The Historic First Flight Of The Cirrus Jet

Here's The REALLY Exclusive Coverage Of Cirrus Design's First Jet Test Flight

ANN had THE seat to the historic first flight of Cirrus Design's personal jet prototype, July 3rd, 2008. Not content to use the same generic pool video available to one and all, ANN put a team in Duluth, Minnesota for most of the week prior to the aircraft's first flight... with unparalleled access to the design team build crew, test pilots, and the management team that conceived this 21st century jet plane. ANN produced the first news and pix of the first flight to be offered anywhere in the world (even using our news Aero-Twitter" features within seconds of the takeoff!) and assigned one of its very best videographers, and E-I-C Jim Campbell, to oversee this important assignment -- on site.

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Source: David Bjellos, described as an "aviation expert" with WPTV-5 in West Palm Beach, FL, cautioning people not to jump to conclusions about the safety of homebuilt aircraft following a Monday takeoff crash involving a Lancair IV-P. The accident, which killed the pilot, was the fourth fatal crash involving the type in three months.