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Scouting The Wild Blue
Yonder! |  | | above
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Herb airport lineman and maintenance employee, Bruce
Troop 337 Scout master. Scouts left to right
(rear) Danny and Nick (front) Jimmy (far
right) Assistant Scout Master Chuck |  | Above-
Two year old Cirrus SR22 Cirrus Design, headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, is a leading designer and manufacturer of FAA-certified general aviation aircraft. Brothers Alan and Dale Klapmeier founded the company in 1984. From the start, Cirrus Design and its employees were committed to the idea that Cirrus would be a leader in revitalizing the general aviation market by creating high-quality, ingeniously designed aircraft for all levels of pilots.
Cirrus Design began as an aviation design and manufacturing company in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Though the first airplane designed was not FAA certified, it became the inspiration for developing technologically advanced production aircraft. In 1994, the corporation moved its headquarters to larger facilities in Duluth, Minnesota, and began research and development of the SR20, a four-passenger, single-engine composite aircraft.
As experienced pilots themselves, the Klapmeier brothers understood the needs of pilots and began researching new technology, design and safety options. They challenged conventional engineering and long-time standards in aircraft design and began to research and invest in ways to build a better, safer airplane.
Today, Cirrus Design manufactures the only FAA-certified production airplane equipped with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System™ (CAPS), which in 2002 made aviation history with the first safe landing by a private pilot after deploying the parachute.
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Above Pilot
- Peter Palm (yellow cap) brings scouts to the hanger for
training
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introduces the scouts to the Cirrus SR22 - it is built of
fiberglass. He told the boys that you should only fly
this plane in good weather
only carries 30 minutes supply of de-icer. The
Cirrus flies at speeds up to 185 knots that's 200 mph.
The plane comes with it's own parachute. |  | Peter
advises the scouts that they must
always use same check list and follow the same order for
pilot pre-flight inspections
Today's flight plan calls for a flight going over Lake
Superior, returning back on Black River Falls then they
will turn into wind to land |  | | Scouts
watch intently as Peter checks
tires and also checks for water in in the fuel |  | |
Taking the plane out from the hanger,
the boys are instructed to push only on selected spots
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Danny and Nick occupy seats on planes starboard
side
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Cockpit above Danny sits along side of
plane's pilot Peter Palm
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- portside view pilot, Peter Palm front seat and Boy
Scout Jimmy in rear begin the taxi to runway. |  | |
above small plane looks even smaller
in the big sky! |  | | Joe from Bessemer and Andrea from Ironwood arrive for
their flight scheduled to begin after the first
group landed. However, the weather was deteriorating and
the ceiling was too low to make a second flight. |  | |
Time
left for a real Kodak moment
Nick, Peter, Danny and Jimmy posing for a photo of their great
day "Scouting the Wild Blue Yonder!"
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their impressions of the flight the Scout's comments
were:
Good - Awesome didn't get to fly up-side-down but got to
do some awesome banks! | |
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