Or how about
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THREE CHUTES ARE BETTER THAN ONE, COMPANY SAYS
Igniting small charges to blow the wings off your aircraft might be
counter to your natural instincts, but one company believes it's the future in emergency technology. Aviation Safety Resources is reviving an old concept using three parachutes, instead of one, to bring down an airplane in an emergency. The wings separate from the fuselage and are lowered by their own parachutes while the cabin and its occupants float down under the main chute. The company says it improves safety by separating the aircraft from its fuel tanks, particularly important during in-flight fires, and reduces the weight the main chute needs to carry. The concept was successfully tested in 1967 on a Stinson over New Jersey.
Aviation Safety Resources owns the patent for that device and plans to market the idea to general aviation and the airlines. Check it out for yourself on the Web site (
http://www.aviationsafetyresources.com ).