Thread: First parachute landing in Aus?

Just watched the video. Amazing stuff.

Planes have chutes ???

Originally Posted by pop058

Planes have chutes ???

Very few have parachutes, this one (Cirrus SR22) does. A friend has one and has just replaced his ballistic parachute at a replacement cost of approx $20,000. The system has a 10 year life before mandatory replacement. So it is a $2,000/year life insurance...

Certainly a much better outcome than a forced landing into trees.

Neat link - thanks for sharing.

I wonder why the plane went in to a spin. Unless it was stalled and/or something else went wrong it should have kept flying, but finding a landing spot up there could have been "interesting".

The descent rate looked quite slow, I wonder how heavy the plane is and how big the parachute is.

PS: lol @ the bystander's comment about thinking the pilot was going to eject. Unless he had a slimpack on and was keen enough to open the door manually of course...

Originally Posted by FeatherWeightDriver

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The descent rate looked quite slow, I wonder how heavy the plane is and how big the parachute is.

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MTOW 1633kg. With four on board and part fuel (or no fuel?), say 1.5 tonnes.

While in these circumstances the parachute is obviously useful, with most fatal light aircraft accidents involving takeoffs, landings, or unskilled IFR flight, it is doubtful how useful it really is!

John

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

I heard it reported on the radio news yesterday. I do wonder about journalistic knowledge of geography. The radio news (2WS) reported the landing at Lawson, South of the Blue Mountains!

I live at the base of the BM and I know Lawson is IN the Blue Mountains.

Mate, they often say Newcastle is on the central coast???? I think Newcastle is a bit north of that.