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Discussion in 'Aviation Chat' started by Juan-Manuel Fantango, Jul 26, 2012.

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  1. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #1 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Jul 26, 2012
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    #2 subirg, Jul 29, 2012
    Glad that all survived. Very good news indeed.

    Is it just me or do cirrus planes seem to fall out of the sky with unfortunate regularity?
     
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    #3 2NA, Jul 29, 2012
    Is it just me or does WYFF TV have some homely on-air personalities?

    Cirrus does seem to have more than their share of troubles but this is "good news", the occupants survived.
     
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    #4 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Jul 30, 2012
    Same BS with the airline stewardess. If you are a liberal you should know why...but then again, maybe not. It is a simple fact that as we get older we loose our good looks and therefore some of our charm and likability upon first glance. I am reminded when I look in the mirror every morning to shave.

    Seems most high hour pilots have the same response about the chute. Why not glide in for a landing, but it did indeed save their lives. That's for sure. If you do a search, looks like there were several fatalities just in July. I had a chance to meet Dale Klapmeier and his wife at the Cirrus display, as well as Michael Matthews SE director. Mike seemed to think that people don't pull the lever enough, and that more lives could be saved.
     
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    #5 2NA, Jul 30, 2012
    Of course I am painfully aware of the march of time and effect of gravity on our personal beauty even this morning when I looked in the mirror. :eek: ;)

    One of my clients has two SR22s and is on the list for a jet. He doesn't seem concerned about their safety record but it is worth noting. As to the parachute, deploying it does significant damage to the airframe and is in itself quite an expensive decision. I suspect it may be difficult to commit to deployment for some pilots. It is not as if you will make a no-harm-done feather-soft landing under the parachute. Even under the best circumstances you will not be flying that plane again any time soon.
     
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    #6 subirg, Jul 30, 2012
    Gravity doesn't just affect personal beauty... ;)

    As I dig further into the SR22 issues, there does seem to be a suggestion that much of this is due to pilot inexperience vs any fundamental issue with the aircraft type. It would be good to get some concrete answers though - it just strikes me as odd that this type seems to get a disproportionate degree of incidents vs others and that can't purely be explained due to pilot inexperience issues.

    As for chute deployment - the implications of that must surely play a part in a decision or delay to pulling the lever. It's a one way trip for the aircraft and no pilot would find that easy to accept until they are absolutely sure it's necessary, by which time it may already be too late.
     
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    #7 Tcar, Jul 30, 2012

    The Cirrus Jet also has a ballistic parachute, but it's in the nose.

    So a deployment will result in a vertical tail-first 'landing'. That plane will not be flying again.
     

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