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#18
October 26th 06, 11:55 PM
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Another SR22
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. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) 
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