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Getting familiar with the all-glass cockpit environment. The follow me (courtesy of RBF magazine) is waiting to take us to rwy 21

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Lined-up and waiting to go. The seating position is incredible, offering excellent forward views, even during the climb-out!

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The powerful 310hp Continental IO-550 engine needs a very heavy right foot on the pedal during the inital stage of the take-off roll ! Gentle rotation (50% flaps) was at 70kts.

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Climbing turn at 10% pitch up for 3000ft, heading out to Marathon Lake for some practice steep turns and stalls. Justin explains the many perks of the incredible PFD and EX5000 MFD

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One happy pilot on board... The plane trims nicely and stays stable. No head gaskets were used: the noise levels are impressively low and you can even talk to the passengers (and ATC) without having to shout

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At 75% power, 3000ft over the lake. The full-extra model flown featured a fully-a/c cabin (!), Sky Watch (traffic information, like a TCAS) seen here on the lower left of the PFD and a real-time lightning information system (stormscope)

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The flight was arranged courtesy of Roberto Alchanatis, Managing Director of Cirrus Greece. (I probably wiped his smile out a few minutes later, during my fast and furious full rudder side-slip to land... LOL)

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Sexy wing over Lake Marathon. The wingtip design demonstrated its qualities during the power-off stall a few seconds later: the stall warning horn sounded well in advance, the plane entered the stall regime at approx 55kts at full flaps, with a slight...

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Rolling up to 45 deg. Notice the impressive 3D terrain information in the PFD with incorporated E-TAWS (Enhanced Terrain Avoidance Warning System).