So one of my friends recently partnered with a friend on a Cirrus...and it was located in St. Louis MO, so guess who got to do a "real" x-country! My friend, his son and I flew on SouthWest up to St. Louis, took a cab to KSUS, met with the broker and saw the airplane for the first time. A good pre-flight and some paperwork and we were on our way...2.5hrs to a little airport outside of Birmingham, and had lunch at a great restaurant on the field! (Im an airport restaurant connoisseur). Then we were on our way to Orlando (KORL) where the aircraft pre-buy inspection was being completed. A friend was kind enough to come to KORL and take us back to Tampa.
Overall, great x-country experience, and looks like he found himself a nice Cirrus!