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FastEddieB
Joined: 07 Jan 2009
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Location: Mineral Bluff, GA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:14 am Post subject: Chute Happens... |
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...is a bumper sticker I have on my Element.
It refers to the ballistic parachute that's installed in every Cirrus airplane and some others as a last resort when things go wrong.
Anyway, far too many Cirrus pilots have died when the chute may have saved them.
One humanitarian pilot and COPA (Cirrus Owners and Pilots Ass'n) recently made use of his.
Story and video here:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/pair-survive-plane-crash-at-sea-on-way-to-charity-mission-in-haiti/ |
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drseti
Joined: 28 Nov 2009
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Location: Lock Haven PA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Chute Happens... |
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FastEddieB wrote: Story and video here:
Interesting inconsistencies in the story, Eddie. (emphasis added):
Quote: distress signal to Coast Guard officials that their single-engine jet was going down.
and later:
Quote: “The most frightening thing for me was seeing the propeller frozen, motionless,
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zaitcev
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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The pilot made a post to Red Board, from where it was openly reposted to PBP here:
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showpost.php?p=10831668&postcount=6 |
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drseti
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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zaitcev wrote: openly reposted to PBP here:
Pete, one needs to be a registered user to access that link. |
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FastEddieB
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Location: Mineral Bluff, GA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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If anyone's interested, I was given a public link to a talk that was given at the last Cirrus "Migration" regarding a rethinking of the BRS in the Cirrus:
http://vimeo.com/27887576 |
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