So, we were wondering today.
Now that the Air Force is buying SR20s,
What happens when the first Cirrus owner pulls up into War Birds?
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No wheel pants, interesting. As for the OP's question, aviation is infested with the biggest collection of posers and tools of any endeavor in the human condition so I'm going to guess that they'll be welcomed right on in to the flight suit wearing, big watch club with the rest of the wannabe's.
Nice paintjob.
Given the recency of the announcement, I suspect that this is simply something someone in the cirrus graphics design department pulled out of a hat and sent it right to the PVC foil cutter.
I find it interesting.
If they require documented military service, will the same standard apply for the military painted Navions, Pipers, and Skymasters, and will the built-from-scratch Mustangs (all of which have never been owned by any military) get moved out as well?
Check your history. Navions served in Korea. Pipers flew medivac, artillery spotting, and battlefield surveillance in WWII as did Stinsons. And those Skymasters...O-2s that directed the fast movers as FACs, without armor and limited defensive capability.
My phrasing was poor. I was referring to the scratch built Mustangs as never having served with any military.
I am well aware of the Navions, Stinsons, T-41 Cessnas, Blue Canoes, Pipers flying medevac, etc.
My questions is, is every military painted bird in Warbirds validated as having been a military bird? Were all the 337s actually O-2s? They certainly didn't have the windows and doors of an O-2.
I don't have a problem with someone paying homage and painting a type aircraft in military colors. But I expect the Cirri will be treated differently than the civilian Ryan Navion painted as a North American L17A.
We'll park it [provided it has documented military service].
Will be interesting to see what they name it.
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T-53 "Zippo".
Nice paintjob.
Given the recency of the announcement, I suspect that this is simply something someone in the cirrus graphics design department pulled out of a hat and sent it right to the PVC foil cutter.
All of the Cirri use decals, not paint... They're done by Air Graphics in Middleton, WI. You can get 'em for your plane, too... And everything that's not white on N271G was done by Air Graphics, too. Pretty happy with them - Reasonable prices, and you can easily remove them and do something totally different without having to repaint the whole airplane. (Notice the AOPA Cirrus from a couple of years ago changed schemes every couple of months?)
Yup, tomorrow, this Cirrus could be in the colors of the peoples liberation army cadet corps .