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 ...

ST. LOUIS – A plane crash in Chesterfield on Tuesday could have ended in tragedy — but a built-in parachute system saved the pilot and passenger, allowing them to walk away from the wreckage. The ...

US aviation company Cirrus is making a single-engine personal jet with a parachute for safe landings. From the upcoming Highflyer magazine, out on February 27.

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 ...