There was a case last year IIRC where a Cirrus popped the chute
because it was all iced up. The guy even filed a PIREP on the way
down...

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:11:40 GMT, "BDS" wrote:

There was a blurb in the latest IFR magazine saying that the passengers of a
Cirrus were saved when they pulled the chute after the pilot had a stroke.

There might be more to it than slick marketing after all. I bet those
passengers think so anyway.

BDS


"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Gwengler,

You may have a point here which supports my initial theory that just
having an additional safety feature does not necessarily make an
airplane safer.


I agree. And the Cirrus stuff is, of course, marketing. Clever
marketing.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)