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07.20.01 Edition:

Two Saves for BRS -- With the Same Pilot, Same Aircraft
In an extremely rare [unique, in fact] event, an ultralight pilot in
Germany
has used his BRS emergency parachute system to save his life ... for the
second time! Helmet Grossklaus became BRS Save No. 135 after his
trike-style
ultralight suffered a catastrophic structural failure on Wednesday, 23
May,
2001. He escaped the harrowing incident, "without a scratch," reports
German
BRS agent, Jurgen Schubert. Grossklaus is the only human in history to
have
used his BRS rocket-deployed emergency parachute twice from the same
aircraft.
While America celebrated its annual July 4th Independence Day, two more
persons were spared their lives when the pilot had to deploy his BRS
parachute after the wing failed on their Murphy Renegade biplane. Bernd
Vierling and Mr. Haag flew the machine in Germany when a high-G maneuver
caused an interwing strut to fail... For the WHOLE story,
http://www.aero-news.net



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Warren T. Montgomery
<monty@emirates.net.ae>
Dubai, United Arab Emirates



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Having owned and flown the !#$% out of a Murphy Renegade spirit, I can't
believe that someone was able to induce an inflight failure of a wing! I
would never have guessed that it could be damaged in the air. To induce
high Gs, high speed is normally required. The phrase "high speed and Murphy
Renegade" is an oxymoron. Even from a nose down, full power dive my
airplane would run out of energy in a sharp pull up before significant Gs
could be pulled. Wings and flying wires everywhere cause the airplane to
slow down quickly. Usually it would stall before high Gs could be pulled.
I'll bet I never saw more than +4 or -1.5 trying every maneuver I could
think of. Didn't do much negative work because the engine would quit
immediately and spray oil all over everything out the breather tube and the
oil tank. If I remember right I think the Renegade is stressed for
something like +10 and -6. Something must have been wrong with the
construction for it to have failed without hitting something in the air or
on the ground.

Mike Kimball
SR#044

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07.20.01 Edition:

Two Saves for BRS -- With the Same Pilot, Same Aircraft
In an extremely rare [unique, in fact] event, an ultralight pilot in
Germany
has used his BRS emergency parachute system to save his life ... for the
second time! Helmet Grossklaus became BRS Save No. 135 after his
trike-style
ultralight suffered a catastrophic structural failure on Wednesday, 23
May,
2001. He escaped the harrowing incident, "without a scratch," reports
German
BRS agent, Jurgen Schubert. Grossklaus is the only human in history to
have
used his BRS rocket-deployed emergency parachute twice from the same
aircraft.
While America celebrated its annual July 4th Independence Day, two more
persons were spared their lives when the pilot had to deploy his BRS
parachute after the wing failed on their Murphy Renegade biplane. Bernd
Vierling and Mr. Haag flew the machine in Germany when a high-G maneuver
caused an interwing strut to fail... For the WHOLE story,
http://www.aero-news.net



--
Warren T. Montgomery
<monty@emirates.net.ae>
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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