A few months ago I happily blogged about my purchase of a 2006 Cirrus SR22 with two partners. Those were happy times.

But 3+ months after signing that purchase order, we still don’t have the airplane. At times I feel the purchase was a dream, just a figment of my imagination. Did I really buy an airplane?

Granted, the airplane needed considerable work when we bought it… it looked every minute of its 2000+ logged hours. We signed up for new paint, new graphics, detailed interior, new Avidyne screens, a full annual, a new prop, and oh, a new engine, too (then after installation, our new engine was determined to be a “lemon,” so now we wait for a replacement.) We also decided to splurge on a WAAS upgrade which apparently involves moving the antennas and some time-consuming wiring shenanigans. It’s a lot of work , and unfortunately Cirrus did a bad job of estimating how long all this would take.

(As I write this blog, I kid you not, I  just received an email saying the replacement engine didn’t actually ship in mid-November as we believed. The new delivery date for the engine is December 7.)

I believe it will be a true Christmas miracle if we get our plane by year’s end, but I will be patient. I have heard that good things come to those who wait.

Awaiting a new engine and some graphics.

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