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Cirrus announces Emergency Recovery Switch -- Only $48k
The Cirrus is a three-button
system:
#1 starts the engine.
#2 recovers from upset.
#3 fires the parachute.
Pilots need not apply.
Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES
The customized $48,000
Garmin Perspective integrated cockpit option includes a bright blue emergency
switch called LVL to return the airplane to straight-and-level flight. The LVL
button can recover the aircraft from an attitude of 75 degrees of roll and 50
degrees of pitch, even if they occur
simultaneously.
I recall having to recover from similar
attitudes (ok, maybe not quite that much pitch), simultaneously, under the hood,
as a student pilot. And that was with a basic 6-pack. Now I never
had to do it in turbulence. I wonder if the Garmin Perspective can do
it in turbulence.
Hmmm. I can buy a lot of upset training for
$48K, and have a lot of fun doing it.
Tom Gourley
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