Article: BRS Emergency Parachute System for the Cirrus SR20 Aircraft Given F.A.A. Approval.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, October 23rd, 1998, F.A.A. Administrator Jane Garvey issued a freshly-printed Type Certificate to Cirrus Design Corporation for their new SR20 aircraft. Earning a Type Certificate means the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the airworthiness of the design opening the door for manufacturing of the brand- new aircraft.

The award ceremony kicked off the 1998 annual convention of the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association here and played to a standing-room-only crowd of several thousand aviators and media.

In her presentation Garvey said she was issuing the first ever FAA certification to an ...

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