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Old April 6th 09, 02:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Any Ballistic Recovery Chute Users?

On 5 Apr, 22:58, Jim Logajan wrote:
Ian wrote:
I would be very interested, for professional reasons, to hear from
anyone who has used a ballistic recovery chute in a glider.


By "used" do you mean has one installed in their glider, or had to deploy
one due to an inflight emergency? I'm assuming the latter.


Yup, the latter. Someone who has actually pressed the Big Red Button.

Ian