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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SELLER Paula Abdul BUYER Tom Arnold DESCRIPTION Beaut peach 6,800-sq.-ft. Spanish-style villa in excl 90210 ZIP. Gated comm, 5 brs, pond w exotic Japanese fish, fntn, winding pool leads to sunny kit. Many convs. Stunning vus PRICE $2.4 million (although it was valued at $3.2 million...
...BRS has won the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration to market chutes for small general-aviation planes such as single-engine Cessnas. At $5,495, the product is a bit pricey, considering that the typical Cessna sells for about $15,000. Yet many fliers may not put a price limit on peace of mind. "If you fly into a mountainside at night, a parachute is not going to help," Popov admits. "But the majority of midair collisions are not fatal in the air. You're alive all the way down." Popov believes his system could prevent more than half...
...only 500 lbs., even if you include the pilot. A small Cessna, on the other hand, weighs more than 1,700 lbs., and a standard parachute big enough to float such a craft safely to the ground would fill up a 50-gal. drum. Not very practical. Undaunted, the BRS engineers figured out how to pack the parachute under pressure in such a way that it takes up no more space than a large briefcase and is mounted over the center of the wings. If the craft's engine conks or another plane clips the Cessna's tail...
...that's only the beginning, Popov promises. Now on the BRS drawing boards are parachute systems for heavier general-aviation planes and military aircraft. As the planes get bigger, the idea becomes increasingly far-fetched, but it's hard to discount a man who falls 500 ft. and lives to profit from the experience...