Cirrus is the first business jet with parachute

The American manufacturer of small aircraft has received approval for a very light jet. The Cirrus engine is equipped with a revolutionary system of rescue.

An engine failure is one ugly thing in single-engine aircraft. No wonder business jets are therefore normally equipped with two or more engines. Cirrus aircraft however is a new way in the security with the so-called vision Jet. The pilot comes out with only a Turbo fan engine. For this, he has a parachute recovery system.

In October, Jet received the vision of American aviation approval. First deliveries should be made this year. The enthusiasm from the manufacturer is huge. «A great day for Cirrus and the aviation industry», so Chief Dale Klapmeier. Because although the system in small propeller machine has long been used, it was necessary for use in the Jet technical hurdles to overcome.

Twice the size of the propeller aircraft

In an emergency, the autopilot must initially slow down the Jet. The parachute on the engine is only thrown at a speed between 120 and 300 kilometers per hour. At this, the machine should then as gently glide to the ground. At the cruising speed of about 550 kilometers per hour, the rescue package would not work.

Cirrus equips all its aircraft fitted with parachutes. A screen more than twice as large had to be incorporated in the new Jet but, as in the propeller aircraft of manufacturer. There the aircraft parachute proved according to Cirrus since the 1980s for more than 100 people life-saver.

For many aircraft not an option

The parachute recovery system is now in small propeller aircraft aviation a similar Savior as the airbag in the car, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. There is no option for fast or heavy aircraft. In addition, the system will not work at a particular level and the pilot or a passenger must identify the emergency and to be able to manually trigger the parachute.

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