With piston-engine Cirrus owners successfully moving up into Vision Jets over the last seven years and turbine aircraft prices slowing what had been meteoric rises, is now the time for you to make that move into turbine power you’ve been considering?
Turbine power is about performance and capability—and we’ve watched and spoken with numerous piston owners who have moved up into the turbine world. What we’ve observed is that while there are potholes that must be negotiated when making the step, er, jump, it’s certainly doable. We’ll go through the considerations—good, bad and indifferent—and then set out our top five step-up turbine birds.