Yes - and at $650k each, a very expensive plane - I know a Cirrus instructor.......and the parachutes have saved the planes and their passengers several hundred times......when I said the planes must have a high failure rate, he pointed out that actually the failure rate was exceptionally low.....
and the parachutes have saved the planes and their passengers several hundred times......
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Well, it’s saved a few. In the early days the parachute caused more problems than it solved, because it still has to be deployed in the right situation. The SR22 is extremely popular. It has excellent avionics making it easy to fly long distances with decent speed for its class. It has a perception of being safe, although that my not be deserved.
Getting back to the parachute, the Diamond DA40, at idle with the stick pulled all the way back, can descend slower than the SR22 with the parachute.
And if a person doesn’t have that much money, the Cessna 172 has one of the best safety records in spite of being widely flown as a trainer.