On 1 Oct 2004 07:43:48 -0700, (Jay Honeck) wrote:

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The fact that he was flying a $300K airplane seemed to eliminate the
possibility that he was just a nervous student flying into controlled
airspace for the first time, but I suppose it's possible.

Several students at my field learned in SR20s or SR22s. Most of these
Cirrus were owned by their student pilots.