Since I needed mine in 1988 when my Open Cirrus broke into two pieces, I
think having it that day was a very good idea.
I don't consider that a 'minute save'.

Fred

"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
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Ted,

Yes, you might be right. The whole idea of having a parachute
in the glider may just be a bad idea anyway. Sure there are
a minute number of saves using a parachute, but where are the
statistics about how many people were killed