Is there an airplane that has its own parachute?
by 
George Dufferin
ANSWERS: 5
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Yes! It is called the Cirrus. I think it has saved the lives of three pilots who, for various reasons, became incapacitated while flying. "Cirrus's SR20 is a low-wing four-seat composite airplane best known for its incorporation of an airframe parachute, which, in the event of a midair collision or other disaster, can float the plane and its passengers down for a 1,500 fpm landing on the ground. The plane was introduced in 1999, and within a few years Cirrus Design was selling more four-seat piston-powered airplanes than anyone but Cessna. The Cirrus is remarkable for its cruise speed of 150-155 knots on 11 gallons per hour of fuel through its six-cylinder 200hp fuel-injected Continental engine. The SR20 sells for about $280,000 nicely equipped (Avidyne glass cockpit, dual Garmins, autopilot with flight director, satellite weather, EMax engine monitor; no terrain warning, no traffic warning, no Stormscope, no CMax)." P.S. As a young girl, in Lock Haven, PA, I knew Bill Piper, a scion of the Piper Aircraft Co.
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No there isn't to my knowledge but there should be one. I like your way of thinking. Imagine the 9-11 incident, the captain hits the kill switch and pops open a giant chute from the center of the Jet. I wish all aviation were equipped with this. We would never have a crash ever again. I'd give you my nod for the Nobel Prize if you could get this implemented. I'm sure a tiny airplane may have done it but I'm thinking big here.
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I think so, I seem to recall seeing something about that on the news.
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I'll believe it when I see it. Doubting Thomas, Maine Moody.
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If you would read your Bible there would be no need for a parachute. Read your Bible!
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