Great idea, thank you.
Would a Columbia pilot, trapped on the 100th floor of the WTC have used it? I doubt it …
But I would have.
Flyer59 wrote:
Would a Columbia pilot, trapped on the 100th floor of the WTC have used it? I doubt it …
And you’re right ‘cause I don’t want to be encumbered with (and pay for) junk for something that’s highly improbable ! 
Not enough for the WTC.
Peter wrote:
Not enough for the WTC.
Ahh, those damn Operational Limitations !
400 feet AGL was the lowest with a Cirrus CAPS system.
Whatever, a parachute would have saved many of those people.
And you’re right ‘cause I don’t want to be encumbered with (and pay for) junk for something that’s highly improbable !
Tell that to the 107 occupants of Cirrus airplanes who survived accidents who would all have been deadly in a Columbia.
Now you will answer that these accidents dont hapen to Columbia pilots, right?
a parachute would have saved many of those people.
I would not be surprised if a bunch of people working in high rise buildings didn’t go out and bought one and keep it in their desk
You can probably get one for $1k or so.
Flyer59 wrote:
Now you will answer that these accidents don’t happen to Columbia pilots, right?
Correct. Columbia pilots fly the airplane.
That said, there is no doubt that the CAPS has SOME value, even though I consider it to be not worth the weight & cost.
Columbia pilots are so cool!
Cost: € 15 per flight hour (1000 hours in 10 years) for the exchange after 10 years.
Cost 2: the TTx is even more expensive than the G5 Cirrus
Weight: The G5 Cirrus has a higher payload than the TTx.
Not worth it to me.
