Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
While I agree that the FAA should be requiring the chute, in most cases, I do not think it practical in all cases. For example it would be difficult and possibly counter productive to require them to be installed retroactively on many aircraft. Especially old classics.
Sure thing , I can see the grandfathered "historic aircraft" exemption to not butcher classics just as antique cars aren't subject to the same standards as today's cars are . But the fractionally small numbers of those , held against the numbers of run of the mill Cessnas , Lancairs and so on makes the risk posed by them far smaller due to their lack of presence . It ain't perfectly restored P-40 Warhawks dropping outta the skies on a weekly basis , it's the run of the mill "joe sixpack" Cessna flying with your Grandpappy's Hit & miss magneto