Tom Borchert asks:

What does "have been flying longer" mean?

Mike: Cirrus SR series first delivered 1999. Lancair 300 series first
delivered 1992.

Tom: The Cirruses have flown way more hours than the Lancair fleet.

Mike: I don't know.

Tom: There are virtually no Lancairs out there in the field.

Mike: Cirrus has 1000 units delivered. Lancair has 1870 units
delivered.

Tom: These numbers are certainly too low to conclude anything from
them.

Mike: I agree.

I used the Lancair 300 for comparison due to the similarity with the
Cirrus SR.

I am impressed with the Cirrus SR. It represents a major advance in
design and concept for GA. Use of composites and state-of-the-art
avionics, not to mention the speed and rate-of-climb performance is a
giant leap forward.

I am perplexed to the negative comments about this airplane. There are
no stats to support a negative image. NTSB reports 18 total
accident/incidents, with 8 being fatal. Of the fatal accidents, one was
during test, and all the others were pilot error. If you review each of
the 7 other accident reports, there is nothing to indicate that the
airplane contributed to the fatality, and that unfortunately the Cirrus
pilots made the same mistakes made by other pilots flying other
airplanes.

Mike $$$ (PA28)