Parachutes for planes

[jimclarke]

Here's an interesting article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6749412/

Maybe somebody could model this for FS...?

Jim

[Ben_M_K]

Yeah that would be cool.

I know Cirrus has the chute on it's SR-22G I think it's called. That would rock to have it on FS.

[ATI_7500]

There is a model of a Cirrus SR-20 for FS2002 and a Sr-22 is under development for FS 2004. Both with chutes.

[Rocket_Bird]

So theres actually Supplemental Type Certificates for these kinds of modifications out there? Cool

[TacitBlue]

...after it unexpectedly flipped upside down at 16,000 feet.

how the **** does that happen?

[Citationpilot]

how the **** does that happen?

Turbulence...

[TacitBlue]

oh, I guess your right, still strikes me as a bit odd.

[Citationpilot]

oh, I guess your right, still strikes me as a bit odd.

You're right, at first it defiently seems odd. But if you really think about it, it's not. It was dark and he was over the mountains and may have only been a few thousand feet AGL. Recovering from an unintentional roll is hard enough day time, make it night time and what may have been pretty much IMC and you're very lucky to recover.