The Cirrus Vision Jet is the cheapest private jet money can buy at $1.96 million. The Vision Jet is easy to fly and even has a parachute for the entire plane if things go really wrong. It fits up ...

He then "deployed the airplane's Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS ... Southern Humboldt Tech Rescue, and members of the Whale Gulch, Shelter Cove, and Whitethorn Fire Departments assisted ...

At the end of a third circuit, which was intended to be a touch-and-go, G-RGSK bounced on touchdown. The pilot applied full power to go around but lost control of the aircraft, which turned left ...

Popov founded Ballistic Recovery Systems, maker of the parachute system shown here. The chute was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in 1993 for the Cessna 150. Later, Cirrus Aircraft ...

The aircraft's ballistic parachute system ... "warn and protect people" unfamiliar with the aircraft's emergency rescue systems. It recommended "conspicuous, unambiguous" markings on Cirrus SR20 and ...

"Design of the test harness and parachute release mechanism were nearly as difficult as the design of the recovery systems itself," says Jay Yeakle, a Cirrus engineer. Less complex was the animal ...

The Vision is obviously no Volvo, but the plane does feature a rather elaborate safety system: The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, or CAPS. In the event of an emergency or plane systems ...