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Old 08-31-2010, 03:30 PM
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AtlCSIP
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Long story about the parachute, but the airplane was actually built around it. It was going to have a parachute from the beginning. It had to do with a mid-air collision that one of the original founders of Cirrus was involved in. He lived, other guy didn't, and he promised that, if he ever built an airplane, it would have a parachute. It will recover from a spin. Had to be demonstrated for European certification.
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