Safety: the parachute on every aircraft

A parachute for the whole airplane

Every aircraft we fly carries the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). In a serious emergency, one pull of a handle in the cabin ceiling deploys a large parachute that lowers the entire aircraft, and everyone inside, gently to the ground. It has been credited with saving hundreds of lives.

Built-in protection

• Electronic stability and the Level button: envelope protection guards against unsafe attitudes, and a single blue button returns the aircraft to straight-and-level flight.
• Modern glass cockpit: Cirrus Perspective avionics by Garmin, with synthetic vision, autopilot, live weather and traffic.
• Engineered to protect: composite airframes designed around the people inside, with energy-absorbing seats.

Commercial standards

Littlebird flights are FAA Part 135 charter flights, held to commercial standards for pilots, maintenance and operations. The pilot-in-command always has the final say on whether a flight is safe to operate.