May 14—A company with headquarters in Duluth, Minn., and with a large factory in Grand Forks is receiving national recognition in the news after a midair collision near Denver. While one of the two ...

The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) has been deployed 103 times, saving more than 200 people, according to data provided by Cirrus. CAPS has been included in the SR series of aircraft since ...

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 ...

A Cirrus SR22T, N288WT, on January 27, 2020, crashed in mountainous terrain about five miles northeast of Aspen, Colorado (ASE), not long after takeoff. Both occupants, a couple from Verona, Wisconsin ...

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 ...

Another successful Cirrus parachute pull has been captured on video, this time when a father and daughter floated to safety after a loss of engine power over Long Island on Saturday afternoon. The ...

VeriJet is the first charter airline to use the Cirrus Vision Jet as its flagship aircraft. The single-engine jet can seat four adults and fly a range of nearly 1,300 nautical miles. Its safety ...

A small plane, out on a training flight, fell in a neighborhood in Bellevue after its engine failed, but was able to land unharmed after the pilot deployed the plane's onboard parachute. The Bellevue ...

An airframe parachute has been used "in anger" for the first time to land a Cirrus SR22 light aircraft successfully - an event the manufacturer calls a milestone in general aviation safety. There have ...

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DULUTH, Minn. & KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus today announced the delivery of its 600th Vision Jet, a major milestone for the company and a defining moment in the evolution of personal ...