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FastEddieB
 Post subject: Chute Happens...
PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:14 am 
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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
 Post subject: Re: Chute Happens...
PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:30 pm 
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FastEddieB wrote:
Story and video here:


Interesting inconsistencies in the story, Eddie. (emphasis added):

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distress signal to Coast Guard officials that their single-engine jet was going down.


and later:

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“The most frightening thing for me was seeing the propeller frozen, motionless,


:wink:

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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/showp ... ostcount=6

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drseti
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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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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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