Will Furnish 'Chutes For Entire Line Of Singles
Add Cessna to the list of aircraft
manufacturers that have selected Ballistic Recovery Systems to
provide a whole-airplane parachute system for their newest
aircraft. BRS announced this week the Wichita-based planemaker will
offer a BRS system as an option in its new Light Sport Aircraft,
the Model 162 SkyCatcher.
"We’ve been working with Cessna since the beginning on
their remarkable new design and we are pleased that they see the
value in having leading-edge safety features like the BRS system on
board," said Larry Williams, BRS Chief Executive Officer.
Since Cessna unveiled the SkyCatcher at
Oshkosh earlier this year, the company made no secret
of its intent to offer a 'chute in the 162... and many assumed
BRS would get the nod to supply the system. The BRS parachute will
sit aft of the aircraft's two seats, modeling the current
installations available for the Cessna Skyhawk and Skylane
models.
BRS also announced this week a new agreement which will make its
parachute recovery systems available for the entire family of
Cessna piston singles... from SkyCatcher all the way up to the top
of the line C-206 Stationair.
Cessna service stations across the world will begin offering BRS
whole-airframe parachute system installations and service for the
172 Skyhawk and 182 Skylane later this year, according to the
company. BRS will begin immediately developing an STC for the
parachutes to be installed in the C-206.
The new Cessna two-seater is filled with new technologies. It
has a Garmin glass cockpit, gull wing doors, a new-styled control
stick that takes up less space than a conventional yoke and now a
BRS parachute system which will bring the whole airplane safely
back to earth in the event of an in-flight emergency. The BRS
parachute will sit aft of the seats, modeling the current
installations available for the Cessna Skyhawk and Skylane
models.
Ballistic Recovery Systems has been manufacturing its unique
whole-airframe parachutes since 1980, and is credited with saving
more than 200 lives. BRS also manufactures the worlds only
FAA-certified whole-airplane parachute, for Cirrus Design.
More than 3500 of those systems are flying on the Cirrus SR20
and SR22. In addition to offering systems for a growing number of
light sport and recreational aircraft, BRS is also designing
parachutes for Diamond Aircraft’s new personal jet, the D-Jet
and Epic Aircraft’s new Victory jet.
Over 27,000 BRS parachute systems are flying worldwide.