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
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
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:
> 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
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 u
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 thi
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