"Robert Dorsey" wrote in message
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Did you compair with a Lancair / Columbia? I can't understand why
anyone would pick a Cirrus over a Columbia except fpr the chute.
The chute was actually designed into the airframe to circumvent
difficulties with spin recovery requirements was it not?

Not necessary spin problems, but as a suitable alternative to spin testing, and
because the aircraft designers believed in the parachute as an increase to
safety.

With the chute, they did not have to FAA spin test it for certification.
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Jim in NC