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Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:BRSI)(BRSparachutes.com), a
manufacturer of whole-airplane parachute recovery systems for general
aviation and recreational aircraft reports that a pilot flying a Cirrus
SR22 made history when he became the 200th
documented life saved by a BRS product. The company has also learned
within the last 48 hours that a German Ultralight pilot has used a BRS
system, which now brings the total lives saved to 201.
Save 200 occurred when a US pilot departed Tucson for an IFR flight to
Colorado. During the flight he encountered an in flight emergency. While
still in the clouds and not able to see just how close the terrain he
might be, he opted to deploy the Cirrus CAPS/BRS parachute. This was the
10th deployment of the system in a certified
airplane accounting for 22 saves. The BRS system worked flawlessly and
the pilot walked away from the crash in western New Mexico.
The 201st save came when a German pilot
deployed his BRS in an ultralight aircraft in Germany. Remarkably this
was this was his second time using a BRS system during an in-flight
emergency. He had previously successfully deployed a BRS system in
separate ultralight in-flight emergency making him a two-time user of
the system. This was the 155th use of the BRS
system in a non certified plane.
“When I first got the news that we’d
just saved our 200th life, I just closed my
eyes and took a deep breath,” said BRS CEO
Larry Williams. “Then I heard other people in
the building shouting about save 200 and celebrating as the information
worked its way through the company! We all feel like we’re
so fortunate to produce a product that has saved so many lives.”
BRS began making whole-airplane parachutes in 1980, with its first
documented ‘save’
occurring thee years later. In 1998 the company’s
emergency parachute system was certified by the Federal Aviation
Administration to fly in the new Cirrus Design aircraft, the SR20, and
later in the higher-performing Cirrus SR22. More than 3000 BRS
parachutes are now flying in Cirrus aircraft around the world.
“It’s really
remarkable if you think about,” Larry
Williams said, shaking his head. “Now more
than two hundred one people are still walking around in the world
because they used a BRS parachute. This is a milestone we have long
awaited.”
More than 25,000 BRS systems have been installed world wide. Ballistic
Recovery Systems operates from its corporate headquarters in South Paul,
Minnesota and a parachute manufacturing facility in Mexico. BRS stock is
publicly traded on the NASDAQ (BRSI.OB). For more information about
Ballistic Recovery Systems, visit the company’s
website, www.BRSParachutes.com.