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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Hamid A. Wasti
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:19 AM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Re: Low Alt. Bailout
 . . . You seem to have placed all your faith in the belief that a
parachute will
save you in whatever jam you find yourself in.  . . .
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This is exactly the situation with a ballistic recovery parachute - aka
the Cirrus panacea:  
Stall/spin - pull the 'chute.
VFR flight into IMC - pull the 'chute.
Fuel exhausted - pull the 'chute.
Icing - pull the 'chute.
Rough engine - pull the 'chute?

Sure, the blossoming silk might save a pilot in the unlikely event of
the engine falling off or the wing spar breaking, but I would rather
commit time and money and payload on training and instrumentation than
on a parachute of either type. And as Dennis Miller would say, "That's
just my opinion - I could be wrong".


Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES