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FastEddieB

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...is a bumper sticker I have on my Element.

 

It refers to the ballistic parachute that's installed in every Cirrus airplane and some others as a last resort when things go wrong.

 

Anyway, far too many Cirrus pilots have died when the chute may have saved them.

 

One humanitarian pilot and COPA (Cirrus Owners and Pilots Ass'n) recently made use of his.

 

Story and video here:

 

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/pair-survive-plane-crash-at-sea-on-way-to-charity-mission-in-haiti/

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