I guess word I should have used is unintentional as the BFR fired due to the catestraphic circumstances surrounding the break-up of the craft. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Lee Winnig" <mlwin...@hotmail.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:06 PM Subject: KR> "Accidently Fired BRS"
>> Accidentally fired the BRS? Is that like accidentally getting pregnant? >> No. I think it is more like accidently putting a bullet in the chamber, >> accidently putting the gun in your mouth, and accidently pulling the >> trigger! (OK, that was 3 accidental events). Feel free to make any of >> the 3 deliberate! Marc Lee Winnig > > mlwin...@hotmail.com > > (815) 301-5011 Cell and Vonage > (801) 749-9460 FAX> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:02:16 -0800> From: > mercedesm...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: KR> Ballistic Chute on a KR2?> To: > kr...@mylist.net> > > > countryhomeprint <countryhomepr...@bellsouth.net> > wrote: The incident last month here in Starkville tells me I do not need > one. The > glider that came apart accidently fired the BRS at 171 mph and > the sudden > stop ejected the pilot out of the craft still in his bucket > seat. He went > through the canopy. Luckily he was wearing a chute (for > the 1st time) and > after falling 8 thousand feet he was able to deploy > the chute. It was > tangled with debree from the canopy. Opened at 500' > above the ground.> > Bill Page> boliverp...@bellsouth.net> > Accidentally > fired the BRS? Is that like accidentally getting pregnant? ; ) According > to BRS the unit will not fire "accidentally" It is a deliberate two step > action, that requires unlocking the chute and vigorously pulling the > handle. > > Glad he survived.> > > Ron Smith> Kr2ssxl> Cypress Ca U.S.A.> > mercedesm...@yahoo.com> http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php> > > ---------------------------------> Want to start your own business? > Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.> > _______________________________________> Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send > a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net> please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces > http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
