Welcome to Aviation News Talk. I'm Max Truscott. Coming up on the show, it's a newsmaker's episode, where we talk with people in aviation who are making the news.

Now, last month, we talked about Cirrus aircraft receiving the production certificate from the FAA to build their new Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet.

So a week ago, I flew to Knoxville, Tennessee to tour the new Cirrus Customer Experience

Vision Center and to spend some time in the new Cirrus Vision Jet.

In a moment, we'll be talking with Travis Klum, the executive director of service and supported

Cirrus.

And I'll be asking him to tell us why Cirrus built this new facility, what they're

doing now, and what future plans they have for Knoxville. Later, we'll tour their buildings and then

climb into the very first customer-owned Cirrus Vision Jet and talk about it with VisionJet sales

engineer Ryan Stewart. But first, let me quickly tell you three ways you can support the show.

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By the way, if you just can't wait to hear about the Vision JET, you can skip ahead to minute 14 in the show.

But if you do, come on back to the beginning of the show to learn about the new campus, Cirrus's

building in Knoxville, Tennessee. And stand by because this special newsmaker episode starts now.

So, Travis, thank you so much for hosting me here in Knoxville today.

Thank you, Max.

It's good to be here.

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