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AmSafe Seatbelt Airbags to be Installed on Paradise P-1 Light Sport Aircraft

Posted: March 31, 2010

AmSafe Aviation has signed an agreement to provide the AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag system on Light Sport Aircraft manufactured by Paradise USA.

The model number covered under this new agreement is the P1 , which is an FAA certified SLSA and is permitted to fly in South Africa, Australia, USA and Brazil. Designed in 1999 there have been approximately 130 aircraft manufactured by Paradise USA between 2001 and 2010.

The AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag is currently installed as standard equipment in both the pilot and co-pilot seats on over eighty percent of all new single-piston engine general aviation aircraft. The agreement with Paradise to install Seatbelt Airbags on the P1 makes the life-saving device also available to LSA aircraft.

The AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag is a self-contained, modular restraint designed to improve occupant protection from serious head-impact injury and to enhance one's ability to exit the aircraft following an otherwise survivable accident. When the Airbag's sensors detect a crash, an airbag built into the restraint deploys up and away from the seat occupant - unlike automobile airbags which deploy toward the occupant. The AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag has been rigorously tested to meet Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency requirements.

In service since 2001, the AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag adds less than three pounds (1.36 kg) to existing pilot and co-pilot restraint systems. For more information about the AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag and to find an authorized service center near you, please visit http://gaairbags.com/.


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United States
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