Jack wrote:
I read Mr. Greenwell's comments with the same respect I usually have
for his comments. I have to disagree with him on this one. Instructors
and some seasoned pilots told me what a man-killer a 1-35 was.

Have you actually owned (like Eric), or at least flown, a Standard
Cirrus? The logic underlying your disagreement here escapes me (unless,
of course, you actually have a few hundred hours in a Standard Cirrus).
The reality is that there are people who make pronouncements based on
what they hear, and others who make them based on their own experiences.
Ignoring the latter, because of the former, is just plain stupid...

Marc