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Video AERO-EXPO 2013
While at the AERO-EXPO in Friedrichshafen Germany Dan Johnson talks Frank Hoffman Vice President of BRS, Engineering and Frank Miklis responsible for BRS Sales and Technics in Europe about BRS parachute systems for ultralight and light sport aircraft. They discuss some of the upcoming changes to BRS systems and about some of the nearly 300 lives that BRS ballistic recovery systems have saved to date. 

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Rescue life #285
Nov-17-2012, USA, Pinetop/ Arizona, SR22, Engine out over unlandable terrain.

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Rescue life #281
July-27-2012,Germany/Ingenried, Bavaria
Flight Design CT,impact of anything on windshield, second hit (loss of half elevator), loss of control – nosedive, pilot could recover horizontal flight, chute pulled in 50m (150 ft) above ground,  pilot could leave the wrackage, now in hospital because of injured vertebral
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Rescue lives #277-280
July-22-2012, USA, Liberty/South Carolina, Cirrus SR-22, engine problems over wood area, no injuries

 
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Rescue lives #275 and 276
March-03-2012, Sao Paulo, Brasilien, Cirrus SR-20, engine out over unlandable terrain, deployment in 1500 ft AGL @ 100 kts, no injuries
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Rescue lives #270 and 271
Jan-08, 2012, southeast of Miami, Cirrus SR-22, engine trouble, 2 persons, there were no injuries


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Rescue life #267
First Cessna save! June-27-2011, Holly Spring/MS/USA. The parachute system installation was just finished and the pilot/owner picked his Cessna 182 up. During takeoff the engine quit over trees and the pilot deployed the chute very close to the ground at 300-400 feet. The pilot, the well prominent attorney John Booth Farese, was able to get out of the aircraft, but has knee and back injuries and is currently in the hospital.

 

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Rescue lives #265 and 266
April 27th 2011 /Germany, during a flight from Norderney to Krefeld a Ultralight FK-9 got a hit to altitude control. The aircraft was climbing steeply and pitched up. The pilot could not recover the situation and activated the rescue system at an altitude of est. 150 meter above the ground. All was working perfectly. Both pilots got alight injuries (brain concussion)
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Rescue life #264
Jan 29th, 2011, Denver, Colorada, USA, Cirrus, pilot got dizziness.
No injuries.
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Rescue life #263
Jan 27th, 2011, Cross City, Florida, USA, Cirrus, lost of engine power, unlandable terrain.
No injuries
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Rescue life #262
Dec 22nd, 2010, Ohio, USA, Moyes Dragonfly
Pilot entered uncontrolled dive while cruising
at 1,500′AGL and elected to deploy parachute when unable to pull out.
Landed in farm field. A/C sustained repairable damage to undercarriage.
No injuries.
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Rescue life #261
Dec 15th 2010, Nacogdoches, TX, USA, Cirrus, engine out.
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Rescue lives #259 and #260
Nov-14-2010, Muehlhausen near Regensburg / Germany; FK-14, spin, lost of control, both pilots uninjuried
The parachute was repacked by BRS-Service in Speyer in year 2006
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Rescue lives #257 and #258
Sept 30th 2010, Cirrus, loss of control in bad weather, activation in 500 ft AGL.
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Rescue lives #254 and #255
August 16th 2010, Air Safety was notified that SR22-1981, N513CM, lost engine power and deployed the CAPS. Two persons on board and no injuries reported. The airplane landed approximately 4 miles northwest of the McCurtin County Regional Airport (4O4), in Idabel, Oklahoma
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Rescue lives #244 and #245 
Mai 08th 2010, Germany Jueterbog/Altes Lager,UL SKYRANGER, engine failure over unlandable terrain, chute pulled in “doppel tree hight”, aircraft was sinking between the trees, both pilots not injured
 
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Rescue life #243 
January 2010,Australia, SR-22, engine failure over Great Barrier Reef, pilot pulled the chute and was rescued from the water
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Rescue lives #239 and #240
Juli 2009,Sweden, CTSW, lost of control in IMC, activation in ra. 6.000 ft, aircraft was totaly demaged at landing in forest, pilot and passenger without injuries
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Rescue life #234 
Tue, 09 Jun ’09

*SR22 With Engine Trouble Pulls Chute Monday Evening*

An early model SR22 (N34TG, SN #386, file photo below) ran into engine trouble Monday night and the pilot elected to pull the CAPS emergency parachute system to affect a recovery. According to local media sources, the aircraft reported trouble at 2010 local time near Elkin. NC.
Tom Robert Granville (63), of Orlando, FL, was enroute to Spartanburg, NC after a new jersey departure when the powerplant ‘made a loud noise and began vibrating and spewing oil onto the windshield.’
Granville was reported to be at 6000 feet when he deployed the chute, which landed in the woods near Still Water Lane off West Mount Herman Church Road, in Elkin.
The pilot was the only person listed on board and after the aircraft reached the ground, he left the scene, and called 911 on his cell-phone, helping to direct emergency personnel to the impact site.
Sheriff Graham Atkinson noted that Granville looked ‘OK’ and that, “He was up walking around. He was extraordinarily calm for a man who had just survived a plane crash.”**
**Score Chute Save #19 For Cirrus**
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LOW-SPEED-Rettung

(Auslösung im Trudeln)

Rescue lives  #212 and #213
Ungarn, 20. April 2008,
eine Zodiac fällt bei Stallübungen in 900 m Höhe ins Trudeln. Versuche der Piloten, das Trudeln auszuleiten, blieben erfolglos. Aktivierung des BRS in ca. 150 m Höhe, alles verläuft perfekt: 
kein Entfaltungsstoss zu spüren Piloten absolut unverletzt geringe Schäden am Flugzeug.
 
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Rescue with a BRSTM
 

 

Rescue life #323
Febr-25 2015, Cirrus SR22,
Fuel problems ferry flight to Hawai.

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Rescue life #304, 305, 306
weekend for BRS saves…Jan-04-2014

1)       In Claveau France an SR22 (F-HAPH)lost power over unlandable terrain, two people on board, no injuries.  Deployed at 2000’ agl.  Saves #304,305

2)       In Buckhannon, WV, an SR22 (N-450TX) lost power on long final approach, deployed at about 550’agl, landed on pickup truck!, but everyone walked away. Save #306
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Rescue life #295
Juni-06-2013, near Cheltenham Gloucestershire, Cirrus, minor injury

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Rescue lives #291-294
March-29-2013, Alexandria, Lake Latoka, MN,USA; Cirrus, no injuries.

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Rescue life #288-290
Jan-22-2013, Danbury, Connecticut, Cirrus SR20 GTS G3, N140PG, Total loss of engine power Injuries: 3 uninjured.

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Rescue life #286-287
Nov-21-2012, Australia, near Gilgandra, Cirrus SR22-G3, loss of engine power, deployed at 2.000 ft, no injuries

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Rescue life #282
Sept-03-2012, Great Britain, P&M PulsR, loss of control in cloud, no injuries, comperatively minor demages at aircraft



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“saved #245” passed exam for SPL(F)
June-07-2012, Airfield Locktow, Michael Herttrich (right), receives his exam report from the hands of flight inspector Frank Miklis.

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Rescue lives #273 und 274
March-03-2012, DeLand / FL,USA, KOLB mk III, engine out over unlandable terrain, deployment in 300 ….500 ft AGL, no injuries


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Rescue life #269
Sunday, Nov 20th, 2011, Lakefront Airport (KNEW), New Orleans, Louisiana, Cirrus SR-20, N211CD, the pilot Thomas Glass (fighter pilot in the National Guard) notified controllers shortly after he was airborne that he was having engine trouble.The pilot pulled the emergency parachute and notified the airport moments later that he was OK. He was sitting on the tail of the plane when a fishing boat arrived to rescue him. He appeared unhurt, but was taken to a hospital as a precaution..
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Unmanned Martin Jetpack Climbs To 5000′ and Tests Ballistic Parachute Deployment/Recovery
Mon, 30 May ’11
The latest test flight took place over Canterbury Plains (NZ) at a climb rate of 800ft per minute, reaching an altitude of 5,000ft (beating the previous record of 100 FPM and 50′ ultimate altitude) before deploying a ballistic parachute in the first such test of this system.

 
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AERO 2011 / Friedrichshafen
touching moments during the fair:
flanked by members of the BRS Team, Bernd Vögeli and Frank Miklis the most likely last surviving Pilot, shot down by WWII Fighters, Valentin Rosemann, until now only known als saved life #241.
Valentin told about his accident, the injuries and how fast he could get back into an airplane – His familiy was also very thankful and happy that he had a BRS onboard as the accident occured. 
News to us: His in “age slightly advanced” flightstudent did not pass away as a result of the acccident, but due to cardiopulmunary breakdown. 

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Rescue life #253
August 15th 2010,Argentina,RANS S-9,broken wing by acrobatics, pilot not injured


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Rescue life #242 
Oktober 7th 2009, USA, a “simple” microlight was falling into spin
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Rescue lives #237 and #238 
August 1st 2009,Airborne Trike, Pilot:Tom Defino, lost of control in strong tubulances, activation in ra. 300 ft
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Rescue life #233
14. Oktober 2008, Quicksilver MX, Pilot: Russ Browers,Strukturbruch, Auslösung in ca. 300 ft
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Rescue lifes #230
04. April 2009,RANS S-17, Pilot:Randy Higgins,Strukturbruch durch Windscherung, Auslösung in ca. 300 ft
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HIGH-SPEED-Rescue 
(GPS Speed: 385 km/h!!!!!!!!!)

Rescue life #214
date: 08-25-2008
time: 12:29
location: Flittard (near Koeln)
pilots name: Peter K.
aicraft: FK-14
lost of control in bad weather
injuri: scratch on cheek

Quelle Fliegermagazin 10/2008
Dank an die Redaktion für die Genehmigung zur Veröffentlichung auf dieser website.

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Rescue lives #210 and #211

Danke der Lokalredaktion des Tageblattes für die Genehmigung zur Veröffentlichung.

 

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EAA AirVenture OSHKOSH – You can find us in Hangar B, Booth 2018

The new installation kit for VAN´s RV´s will be presented

more under Systems/VAN´s

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Rescue lives #283 and 284
Oct-06-2012, USA, Birmington / AL, SR 22GTS, loss of control / weather related, deployment in 1700 ft msl at 84 kts, pilot no injuries, passenger complained of back pain was taking to hospital.

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Rescue life #272
Jan-19-2012, USA, M-Squared Breese, student pilot on first solo flight, deployment somewhere between 500 and 1000 ft AGL, no injury

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Rescue life #268
shortly after take off in Jesenwang/Germany the engine of a FK9 starts to burn. The pilot activated the system in 200 m above ground.
He could left the airplane by himself, no injuries from touch down but heavy from fire.


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17.08.2010 EG-Baumusterprüfbescheinigung für Raketenmotor BRS 601
mit dem Bescheid Nr. 0589.PYR.2346/09 der Bundesanstalt für Material- forschung und -Prüfung kann dieser Raketenmotor in allen EU-Staaten in Verkehr gebracht werden. Als CE-Zeichen ist “CE 0589-P2-0007″ erteilt. Zum Einsatz kommt dieser Motor an den BRS-6-1350 HighSpeed, sowie den -1600 und -1800er Schirmen.

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Rescue life #256
Sept 19th 2010, Blumenau / Brasil, RANS, pilot uninjured

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Rescue lives #251 and #252
August 14th 2010, England, Cirrus, 2 people not injured
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Rescue lives #247-#250 
Mai 28 2010,Norwegia,SR-22,technical problems over unlandable terrain, all 4 people not injured


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Rescue life #246 
April 04th 2010, Germany / mountain Harz, UL KITFOX,strong turbulances, pilot not injured,small demages on aircraft


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Rescue life #241 
September 2009 , Germany / Bremgarten, in hight of ra. 70m in final a WWII fighter JAK-3 touched and demaged a microlight C-42, the pilot of C-42 activated the rescue system shortly above the ground, both pilots injured, one died in hospital.
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Rescue lives #235 and #236 
08. Juli 2009, close Toulouse. With a briefing flight and stall exercises a FK-14 comes into spin. Parachute was pulled in last secondn 
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Rescue lives #231 and #232
01. Mai 2009, Mosbach, ein Trike gerät in unbeherrschbare Turbulenzen – Strukturbruch 
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February 2009
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) gives the certification for “Line cutter, Reefing line, 8-seconds” used in Cessna- and Cirrus-BRS / CAPS.
Sign: BAM-PT1-1790.
Importer Europe: BRS-Vertrieb Frank Miklis
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19. Februar 2009
Ausschusstest eines BRS-6-1350 bei 45 km/h aus dem Rumpf einer REMOS. 
Alle Komponenten arbeiten hervorragend miteinander.

 

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ROCKET MOTORS FOR UL, LSA, EXPERIMENTAL

On November 7, 2007 final tests for the new BRS-rocket motors type BRS301 and BRS440 have been performed at the test area of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing / Horstwalde south of Berlin. Despite of storm and rain the german stakeholders of BRS Inc., Bernd Vögeli (service/repack) and Frank Miklis (marketing & sales) successfully presented both rocket motor systems.

With the permission of BAM-PT2-number for the BRS440 according to SprengG a rocket motor is available by now also for the german market which can be utilized both for the big UL-parachutes (BRS-6-1050 DaeC/475 kg/275 km/h) and for Experimental/LSA (BRS-1350/612 kg/222 km/h) as well

Video Test BRS301/440 

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New agreement with Cessna

On October 4, 2007 BRS Inc. announced a new agreement with Cessna witch will make its unique parachute systems available for the entire family of Cessna piston singles, from the new C-162 Skycatcher all the way up to the top of the C-206 Stationair.

Cessna service stations across the world will offering the installation in C-172 and C-182 later the year 2007. BRS will begin immediately developing an STC for the parachutes to be installed in the C-206.