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Cirrus chute aircraft lands in back garden
A pilot successfully deployed and landed his Cirrus SR22 using the cirrus' emergency chute system. the 76 year-old pilot landed the aircraft in somebody's back garden in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire without injury. (www.bbc.co.uk) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
so 295 of these have been deployed. well that says a lot about the chute but not much about the airplane. I wouldn't brag about that score and as matter of fact what is more important is what is the cause of all these inflight incidents...no Cirrus for me thanks !! Oh and one case where the chute failed to deploy after a repack but the guy got down ok just like he was trained to do.. he flew it ! !
Another perspective - short video of the chute coming down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-22798706
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-22798706
Any chance of it being fitted to the Dream Liner?
I actually saw this!! Was scary seeing it come in to "land"! Glad the guy is ok.
That's not a landing. Lol
If you pull the chute, you destroy the a/c and you run the risk of lower back injury because the landing is like a 22ft free-fall to the ground. The seats don't give enough cushion and the lower back gets compressed etc.. while you may 'walk away' from the crash, you may not.. [it most certainly is an uncontrolled crash at that point]
I think these systems are a great idea but waaaaayy over utilized for incidents that they shouldn't be. It also gives pilots a false sense of security to push limits they shouldn't be pushing.
Just my opinion.