Curtis L. Olson writes:
The opposite is also a problem ... pilots not pulling the chute
because they think they can save the plane or successfully land it and
then getting themselves hurt. I recall some time back a Cirrus pilot
being critically injured and totalling his plane when he
Disclaimer,
I only saw the 14 second blurb on the news; so the following is based
on an event filtered through some TV news reporter who's aviation
experience probably ended with the in flight magazine, then filtered
through my own head, and now we are talking about the fading distant
memories of
Curtis L. Olson writes:
My impression was that it looked like a routine forced landing in
a corn field due to engine failure. Thus I was surprised by the
amount of damage to the aircraft and the severity of the injuries.
In my head I thought, if things were that bad, why didn't they just
David Megginson writes:
My impression was that it looked like a routine forced landing in
a corn field due to engine failure. Thus I was surprised by the
amount of damage to the aircraft and the severity of the injuries.
In my head I thought, if things were that bad, why didn't
I found a Flight International around work today when I was waiting for
someone. It has an article about an emergency parachute system on some
plane (I forget which), and I think it said you could get them for
C172's and another Cessna...
So how long before I can land my fgfs C172 by parachute?
Christopher S Horler writes:
I found a Flight International around work today when I was waiting for
someone. It has an article about an emergency parachute system on some
plane (I forget which), and I think it said you could get them for
C172's and another Cessna...
It's called the
Christopher S Horler writes:
I found a Flight International around work today when I was waiting for
someone. It has an article about an emergency parachute system on some
plane (I forget which),
Could have been Cirrus ... they are located in Duluth (about 2 hours
north of me.)
and I think
David Megginson writes:
It's called the Ballistic Recovery System (BRS), and is still a little
controversial. They're used mainly on ultralights (which have an
unfortunate tendency to fall apart in flight), but also come standard
with the Cirrus SR20 and SR22, and have been certified for use
