Collision With a Glider Tow Line

This amazing video (excerpted from CNN) shows an aircraft deploying an all-aircraft parachute made by Ballistic Recovery Systems of St. Paul, MN, after colliding with a glider tow-plane. The video also shows deployments of BRS chutes on Cirrus aircraft, as well as interviews with the pilots.

Tags: Cirrus, Mid, Air, collision, chute, deployment

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piloteer104 says..

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Originally posted by BUFF
True, and when you have your nose stuck in a video camera you have very poor SA and not keeping a good lookout for other aircraft.

It looks like he would have been fine if he had pushed the stick
forward, not pull it back.That just seems like common sense.

Posted 1 Year Ago

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