Aviation Safety Resources’ mission to save lives was inspired by the dream of inventor Dario J. Manfredi, who devoted his life to creating and testing the original TriChute Safe Landing System, conceived in 1946 and FAA-tested in 1967. This mission lives on in his son, Dario P. Manfredi, and daughter, Savia Giarraffa, who have updated the technology and assembled a blue-ribbon team of test pilots, parachute specialists, ballistics experts and avionics engineers to bring their father’s invention to market.

1947 News of fatal airplane crash inspires craftsmen Dario J. Manfredi and partner Angelo Raiti to design a sprocket and gear life-saving emergency landing system for small aircraft. 1967 Original patent for three-parachute emergency landing system is granted by US Patent Office. 1967 Partners successfully demonstrate proprietary technology that simultaneously separates fuel-containing wings from fuselage which descend separately on individual parachutes. A Stinson aircraft was equipped with the system and flown over Lakehurst Naval Base in Lakehurst, New Jersey. 1967 FAA grants certification for Stinson experimental aircraft to fly throughout the United States. 1972 Manfredi looses partner but continues to pursue safe-landing system project. 1984 Dario J. Manfredi passes away leaving intellectual property and 90% of the work toward FAA certification completed to his two sons and daughter. 1991 Intellectual property modernized and second patent filed under Carl J. Manfredi, Savia Giarraffa and Dario P. Manfredi. Market research at this time reveals lack of market interest for this kind of safety technology.

1998 Market emerges for safety system following production of aircraft equipped with single parachute safety system. 2000 Aviation Safety Resources is established as a family-owned company to commercialize the three-parachute landing technology. 2000 Fred DiMaria, business strategist, joins the team to expedite commercialization. 2005 One of patent holders, Carl J. Manfredi, passes away after long illness. 2006 ASR files provisional patent number 60/6983404 to simplify and update the TriChute Landing System. 2007 ASR establishes a blue-ribbon Innovation Team – strategic development relationships with select individuals and companies expert in key areas of aviation. Scale up of technology under the trade name ASR TriChute Landing System begins. 2007 Permanent patent filed to simplify and update ASR’s TriChute Landing System, add drogue chute and seal system exterior airbag. 2007 Lynette F. Viviani, marketing communications strategist and owner of Viviani PR, joins ASR Innovation Team. 2008 Scion Aviation , of Loveland, Ohio, and PI Research , of Indianapolis, Indiana, are engaged to build a large-scale, radio-controlled model aircraft equipped with the TriChute Landing System that will simulate the experience of passengers and aircraft. The resulting data will be used to test and fine-tune system design for FAA review, putting ASR one step closer to FAA certification and commercializing the technology.

2008 ASR files provisional patent number 61/133,917 for a Smart Recovery System (SRS), an intelligent, sensor-based system that brings a new level of automation, sophistication and systems integration to safety in general aviation aircraft.   2009 ASR files permanent patent application (Number 1516-5) for the Smart Recovery System with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 2009 Ron Marino joins ASR Innovation Team as Director of Corporate Finance. 2009 ASR Innovation Team expands to include Tyler Griffin, pilot and financier; and Kai Simonsen, producer and cinematographer. 2009 Multimedia producer Kai C. Simonsen, owner of Millennium HD, joins ASR Innovation Team 2010 Safe Recovery System patent application accepted for national & international review and published on February 7, 2010. 2010 R. Scott Lewis, avionics engineer, joins ASR Innovation Team. 2010 ASR founders reconnect with the original Stinson used in the 1967 FAA test flight and begin work on documentary film tracing the company’s history & promise of a safer GA future