Sky-Vu Aircraft

Sky-Vu Flyers owns and operates five aircraft; three Cessna singles and two Cirrus SR2x.  There are no financial liens on any of these aircraft and the club maintains fully-funded cash reserves* for engine and propeller overhauls, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. All of the aircraft are hangared year round, and they are all equipped with engine block heaters for easy starts during cold weather.

*Occasionally we will temporarily “borrow” from our reserves for an aircraft purchase rather than obtaining a bank loan. 

Modern Avionics

We currently have three airplanes in the Sky-Vu fleet that qualify as “Technically Advanced Aircraft” (TAA) per the FAA definition.

• N721ZA is our Cessna 182T with IFR-certified Garmin G1000 avionics.
• N716CD is our Cirrus SR22-G1 is equipped with an Aspen PFD 1000 Pro Max Plus and an Avidyne FlightMax EX5000 MFD.
• N969PG is our Cirrus SR20-G3 and is equipped with the Avidyne Entegra EX5000C PFD and MFD.

The Garmin G1000 avionics package in N721ZA includes integrated GPS navigation. The other four Sky-Vu aircraft are IFR-certified and are equipped with Garmin GTN 650 Hi-resolution touch screen GPS units that are WAAS enabled. Our Cirrus aircraft are also equipped with Garmin GNS 4×0 backup navigators (GNS 430 in N716CD, and GNS 420 in N969PG).

Sky-Vu is committed to keeping the avionics in our fleet as similar as feasibly possible, and we consider it an important safety feature to have that kind of continuity across the panels.

ADS-B and GPS Upgrades Complete!!

In mid-2016, the board began looking at upgrade options to comply with the FAA’s ADS-B Out mandate that went into effect in January of 2020. In November of 2016, the club voted to install Garmin GTX 345 transponders in all 4 Cessna aircraft (the GTX 345R version in N721ZA, compatible with the G1000 avionics). These transponders provide ADS-B Out functionality to satisfy the FAA mandate. They also provide ADS-B In functionality, sending TIS-B and FIS-B traffic and weather data to the panel-mounted GPS system. They also send the traffic, weather and backup AHRS data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the pilot’s iPad running ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot.

In addition to the transponder upgrades, the club voted to upgrade the Garmin GNS 430W GPS units in our 172SP, 172RG, and 182S aircraft to Garmin GTN 650 high-resolution touch screen GPS systems. These upgrades were completed (for all of the Cessna aircraft) in the 1st quarter of 2017, on schedule and on budget. Similar upgrades (Garmin GTX 345 transponder GTN 650 GPS) were accomplished in the Cirrus SR22 in January of 2018. Our newest aircraft, N969PG has also been upgraded with a Garmin GTN 650 and GTX 345. All of these upgrades were paid for with club funds designated for equipment upgrades with no special assessments to the membership.

Aircraft Panels

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Aircraft Acquisitions

• In May of 2021, Sky-Vu added N969PG, a 2008 Cirrus SR20-G3 to the fleet!!
• In June of 2017, Sky-Vu added N716CD, a 2001 Cirrus SR22 to the fleet!
• In 2012, a 2002 Cessna 172SP (N5168V) was added.
• In 2006, the club purchased N721ZA, a 2004 Cessna 182T with Garmin G1000 Nav III glass panel avionics.
• In 2004, the club purchased N182SV, a 2000 Cessna 182S.

Two of the aircraft are based at Indianapolis Eagle Creek Airpark (EYE), and three are based at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (UMP).

We continuously review and update our plans to make sure that Sky-Vu members get the most flying value with safe, quality aircraft at affordable rates. Join Sky-Vu Flyers now and be part our exciting plans for the future!

2004 Cessna 182T

@ EYE

2001 Cirrus SR22

@ UMP

Fleet Photos