Transcript: Interview: Alan Klapmeier discusses a parachute system for a small aircraft

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April 16, 2004
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ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
04-16-2004
Interview: Alan Klapmeier discusses a parachute system for a small aircraft

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

Something very rare in aviation history happened this past week, and it happened twice. For only the second and third time, it's believe, the pilot of a small aircraft facing a serious in-flight emergency used a device to bring the plane down and the device is a parachute--not a parachute on the pilot or the passengers but on the plane itself. This also happened once in 2002; all three cases involved a Cirrus aircraft. Alan Klapmeier is the CEO of Cirrus and joins us from Florida.

And, Mr. Klapmeier, ...

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