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Future Proof is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Jun 8, 2017 10:31 AM UTC  Cirrus Aircraft SF50 Vision Jet on March 27, 2017 Cirrus Aircraft SF50 Vision Jet on March 27, 2017 cirrus aircraft  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Jun 8, 2017 10:31 AM UTC Private-jet ownership has long been the domain of the ultrawealthy, with costs running into the tens of millions of dollars even before the crew and fuel are factored in. A new jet from aircraftmaker Cirrus could change that. Starting at just under $2 million, the Cirrus Vision Jet is a single-engine private jet designed to be flown by its owner, not a professional pilot, with some training and an assist from advanced computer systems. And if there’s an emergency, a special parachute system can carry the jet to a gentle touchdown. “It is truly by design a personal transportation machine,” says Dave Rathbun, the jet’s chief engineer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4810475/the-cheaper-private-jet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4810475/the-cheaper-private-jet/"},"headline":"The Cheap(er) Private Jet","datePublished":"2017-06-08T10:31:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:19:23.825Z","description":"Private-jet ownership has long been the domain of the ultrawealthy, with costs running into the tens of millions of dollars even before the crew and...","url":"https://time.com/4810475/the-cheaper-private-jet/","keywords":["Aviation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d4aa75052fb7ea/6988d0b786f68e4c246e5092/cheaper-private-jet-cirrus-aircraft.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d4aa75052fb7ea/6988d0b786f68e4c246e5092/cheaper-private-jet-cirrus-aircraft.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cheaper-private-jet-cirrus-aircraft","caption":"cheaper-private-jet-cirrus-aircraft","creditText":"cirrus aircraft","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4810475/the-cheaper-private-jet/","name":"The Cheap(er) Private Jet"}}]}] ```