{"id":12257,"date":"2019-03-12T03:19:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12257"},"modified":"2019-03-12T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T03:19:09","slug":"brs-aerospace-whole-aircraft-parachute-rescue-system-records-400-saved-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/brs-aerospace-whole-aircraft-parachute-rescue-system-records-400-saved-lives\/%20","title":{"rendered":"BRS Aerospace Whole Aircraft Parachute Rescue System Records 400 Saved Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BRS Aerospace has documented the 400th and 401st life saved\nas a result of deploying the company’s whole aircraft parachute rescue system,\na notable milestone in aviation safety. The whole aircraft parachute rescue system\nprovides peace of mind to thousands of pilots, passengers and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This milestone and all of the lives saved is a\ntestament to Boris Popov, who conceived the idea and whose vision for the\ncompany he founded overcame initial resistance to the very idea of aircraft\nparachutes from some naysayers,” said BRS President\/Director Enrique\nDillon. “The concept’s legacy are the pilots and passengers who survived\nto continue to live fruitful lives and the thousands of families who have enjoyed\nadded peace of mind when their loved ones fly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Recent Deployment Over Water With Engine Out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The milestone 400th and 401st lives were saved March 5, 2019\nwhen the pilot of a Cirrus aircraft with engine out deployed the whole aircraft\nrescue system over water more than 20 miles from Grand Turk Island in the Turks\nand Caicos. Reportedly, both pilot and passenger were not injured and picked up\nby a cruise ship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BRS parachute system is deployed in life threatening\nsituations by a rocket to slow the aircraft in the airstream and then lower it\nand occupants to the ground in a measured descent. The parachute and solid\npropellant ballistic rocket assembly are enclosed in a canister mounted inside\nthe fuselage that is activated manually or automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more than 30,000 systems installed during the past 35\nyears on aircraft including experimental aircraft, sport aircraft, certified\naircraft, and military trainers, approximately one of every 120 systems has\nbeen activated as a last resort for pilot and passenger safety in lethal\nsituations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While we hope pilots never encounter a troubling\nsituation, we salute BRS Aerospace for the 400 lives its parachute system has\nsaved when something did go awry in the air,” said GAMA President and CEO\nPete Bunce. “I fly routinely with two different types of aircraft equipped\nwith parachutes and I am a true believer in the safety benefit of these\nsystems”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Ingenious Invention<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In the chronicle of aircraft safety developments, the\nvery idea of saving an entire aircraft through a deployable parachute system is\nan ingenious invention that deserves its place in the history of safer\nflight,” said Richard McSpadden, Executive Director of AOPA Air Safety\nInstitute. “BRS pioneered the concept in certified airplanes and deserves\nrecognition for delivering on innovation proven to be a substantial milestone\nin the ongoing evolution of aviation safety.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous European and U.S. ultralight and experimental\naircraft use the system, including Lancair, Carbon Cub, Kitfox, Glassair,\nFlight Design, Rans, Van’s RV 7\/9\/10, Kolb, Zenair, and Quicksilver. The BRS\nwhole aircraft parachutes are available for light sport aircraft including\nCTSW, CTLS, Piper Sport Cruiser, Cessna Skycatcher, Bristell, FK-9 and Icon A5.\nCertified General Aviation aircraft that fly with the system include Cessna\n150, 152, 172, 182, and Symphony. It is standard equipment on the Cirrus SR20\nand SR232.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRS is leading the way in new and innovative applications,\nincluding vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and remotely piloted aircraft.\nIn addition, many new aircraft in development will utilize BRS Aerospace’s\nsafety system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRS Aerospace has documented the 400th and 401st life saved as a result of deploying the company’s whole aircraft parachute rescue system, a notable milestone in aviation safety. The whole aircraft parachute rescue system provides peace of mind to thousands of pilots, passengers and their families. “This milestone and all of the lives saved is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BSR-400-lives.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12260,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12257\/revisions\/12260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}