Quick Clicks: Cirrus SF50 Personal Jet and a New Way to Snap a Selfie

Recommended reading from the Aviation Week Network and beyond:

Pilot Report: Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet (Business & Commercial Aviation)

Your own personal jet plane. The thought of owning and flying the one-engine, parachute-equipped Cirrus SF50 personal jet drove lots of BCA readers to read Fred George's pilot report.

Third Icon A5 Crash Claims Ex-MLB Pitcher Halladay (The Weekly of Business Aviation)

Retired pitcher Roy Halladay died in an accident involving his Icon A5 light sport amphibious aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico last week. Fred George has an initial report with some background about the aircraft program.

Sci-Fi Inspired Wearable Provides Hands-Free Solutions for MRO Workers (MRO-Network.com)

The Force is strong with the RealWear HMT-1 — the first voice-controlled, head-mounted wearable that lets technicians and engineers in industrial environments keep their hands free. Inspiration for the design came from work with one of the designers of Star Wars character Boba Fett's helmet.

Instagrammers Are Hiring a Grounded Private Jet to Get the Perfect Shot (Independent)
You Can Rent a (Grounded) Private Jet Just to Take Instagram Photos In (Select/All)

Have you noticed more selfies of your friends showing off their swagger in the cabin of a private jet in your social network feeds lately? Part 135 flight activity has been up all year, so we wouldn't be surprised to see more profile pics shot at cruising altitude. But you might want to do a fact check before liking any photos. A studio in Russia will take your Glamour Shot on a jet without it leaving the ramp.

Or you could, you know, find an operator to really take you somewhere.