{"id":253363,"date":"2025-07-18T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/cirrus-turning-parachutes-into-stylish-bags\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T23:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:40:21","slug":"plane-parachutes-repurposed-cirrus-aircrafts-sustainable-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=253363","title":{"rendered":"Plane Parachutes Repurposed: Cirrus Aircraft&#8217;s Sustainable Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among other things, US manufacturer Cirrus Aircraft is known for the fact that some of its planes, namely <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/plane-with-parachute-cirrus-sr22-guide\/\" >those from the SR series<\/a>, are fitted with a ballistic parachute. This, in the event of an emergency, enables stricken aircraft to descend to the ground in a controlled manner in one piece, with the technology having been credited for saving hundreds of lives since first being tested back in 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover how Cirrus Aircraft is upcycling old parachutes into chic accessories. From duffel bags to briefcases, see the innovative sustainability initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,464,16569,6072,416,6198,10136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-cirrus","category-manufacturers","category-parachutes","category-private-aviation","category-upcycled","category-upcycling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253364,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253363\/revisions\/253364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}