In perhaps one of the cutest aviation videos around Emirates latest addition, the Cirrus SR22 get’s a warm welcome from its big brother, the Airbus A380.
The single-engined Cirrus SR22 is used by the Emirates Flight Academy to train future Emirates pilots.
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