Among other things, US manufacturer Cirrus Aircraft is known for the fact that some of its planes, namely those from the SR series, are fitted with a ballistic parachute. This, in the event of an ...

The recent spate of air accidents globally has once again triggered doubts about the safety of air travel. Let's begin by dispelling these fears; statistically, flying remains the safest form of ...

Pilot Jeff Ippoliti suspects April 10, 2004, would have been his final day on the planet if it weren't for CAPS, the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System that returned him to the ground unscathed after a ...

Cirrus is launching the TRAC10, a new clean-sheet aircraft specifically designed for the professional flight instruction market, aiming to reimagine modern training with advanced safety and technology ...

Dramatic video captures a small plane carrying six people — including a 3-year-old and a newborn — floating safely to the ground in Brazil after the pilot deployed an onboard parachute during an ...

DULUTH — Chalk up another first for Cirrus Aircraft. The Duluth-based manufacturer was the first company in the world to build a personal jet standard equipped with a whole-plane parachute. And this ...