BRS Chalks up Aviation Saves 161, 162, 163, 164 & 165
April 15 2004 - 1:27PM
PR Newswire (US)
BRS Chalks up Aviation Saves 161, 162, 163, 164 & 165 ST. PAUL,
Minn., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc.
(BULLETIN BOARD: BRSI) -- Within a 36 hour period last week, the
BRS parachute aircraft recovery system made it possible for the
pilots of two general aviation aircraft to save their own and the
lives of 3 passengers in British Columbia and in North Lauderdale,
FL. At approximately 9:15 am on Saturday, April 10, the pilot of a
BRS-equipped aircraft determined that his wisest decision would be
to deploy his plane's parachute system. Numerous witnesses saw the
plane coming down in a Cypress grove within North Lauderdale. "The
only thing more surprising than the plane descending under a
parachute probably was the fact that the pilot left the scene
uninjured," said Mark Thomas, BRS President and CEO. Roughly 36
hours earlier on April 8 over the rugged mountains in British
Columbia, a grandfather flying his grandson and two family friends
encountered what he considered an "unrecoverable" situation and
made the same deployment decision. Unlike the North Lauderdale
descent, nobody was within miles of the remote touchdown. There was
no one there to see the pilot and passengers leave their plane and
then decide, "OK, what do we do next?" With the aircraft's radio
still in working, the pilot was able to contact another plane
flying overhead, advise them of their situation, and ask that a
helicopter be dispatched to take them out of the mountains. These
four people plus the North Lauderdale pilot became the five most
recent people to benefit from a successful BRS deployment while
airborne. BRS is a 24 year old $6.5 million Minnesota based
manufacturer. The Company's core business is the design,
manufacturing and marketing of whole- aircraft recovery parachute
systems for use with general aviation and recreational aircraft.
The emergency parachute systems are designed to bring down the
entire aircraft and its occupants in the event of an in-air
emergency. In addition, the Company has designed and sold systems
for use with various military and civilian unmanned aircraft. Since
its inception, the company has delivered over 18,000 systems
worldwide for the civilian market and provides Cirrus Design
Corporation, of Duluth Minnesota, with all their aircraft recovery
systems. DATASOURCE: Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Mark
Thomas of BRS, Inc., +1-651-457-7491 Web site:
http://www.brsparachutes.com/
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