He then "deployed the airplane's Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) which slowed the airplane's [descent]." "The parachute carried the airplane until it ultimately crashed into trees in a ...

Weight Spec Maximum Ramp Weight 6,040 lbs Maximum Takeoff Weight 6,000 lbs Basic Empty Weight 3,550 lbs The Vision Jet is the ...

The Cirrus Vision Jet is the cheapest private jet money can buy at $1.96 million. The Vision Jet is easy to fly and even has a parachute for the entire plane if things go really wrong. It fits up ...

With more than two decades on the market, the Cirrus SR22 is available at a range of prices attractive to many shoppers.

The NTSB report has been released on the LaFayette plane crash that occurred in March at the Barwick LaFayette Airport.

It is also certified for flight into known ice, while another safety feature incorporated into the airframe is the standard Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). Operating limitations for the ...

The Vision is obviously no Volvo, but the plane does feature a rather elaborate safety system: The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, or CAPS. In the event of an emergency or plane systems ...

it is perhaps its safety features that Cirrus is best known for. When it came on the market in 1998, the Continental IO-360-engined SR20 was the first in general aviation to feature a parachute ...

At the end of a third circuit, which was intended to be a touch-and-go, G-RGSK bounced on touchdown. The pilot applied full power to go around but lost control of the aircraft, which turned left ...

Popov founded Ballistic Recovery Systems, maker of the parachute system shown here. The chute was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in 1993 for the Cessna 150. Later, Cirrus Aircraft ...

"Design of the test harness and parachute release mechanism were nearly as difficult as the design of the recovery systems itself," says Jay Yeakle, a Cirrus engineer. Less complex was the animal ...