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The WINSLOW® Island Flyer™ Life Raft has been rated number one in its class since 1996 by The Aviation Consumer when it was first debuted. The Island Flyer™ shares many of the same critical survival features found in the number one rated WINSLOW® FAA approved life rafts costing considerably more. The oversized buoyancy tube with twin safety air chambers, single arch three position auto inflatable canopy support system with Sure-Seal™ closures on all openings, water activated interior and exterior survivor locator lights, auto deploying conical drogue and Tri-Ballast System™ make the Island Flyer™ identical to the Island Flyer Plus™ (shown above). In fact, the only difference in the WINSLOW® Island Flyer™ and Island Flyer Plus™ is the fixed view ports. Both of these life rafts are the most advanced and capable single tube life rafts available, nothing else in its class even comes close. It is ideal for the budget minded person where affordability without jeopardizing survivability is the goal or when space and weight are an issue. For the general aviation pilot, the WINSLOW® Island Flyer™ Life Raft is the perfect answer. The Aviation Consumer noted, "The improved GAST Island Flyer™ remains best in class and our choice for a capable single-tube general aviation raft."
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The WINSLOW® DualSafe™ Life Raft is more than a basic platform raft like the WINSLOW® RescueRaft2™ or the more basic WINSLOW® RescueRaft™ (both shown below). For the pilot looking for an extra margin of safety out of basic platform style raft, the DualSafe™ has twin oversized buoyancy tubes for complete redundancy. Should one tube fail from a non-repairable puncture, the remaining tube, being a complete a air chamber in itself, stays fully inflated and capable of supporting not only the life raft’s rated capacity of survivors, but has more than enough buoyancy to support the specified overload capacity of survivors, keeping them dry and better protected against hypothermia. Included with the DualSafe™ are the oversized dual buoyancy tubes, water activated exterior survivor locator light, auto deploying conical drogue and Tri-Ballast System™. The WINSLOW® DualSafe™ is in a category by itself because it can be customized to include optional single arch three position auto inflatable canopy support system with Sure-Seal™ closures on all openings, interior survivor locator light, inflatable insulated double floor and StoreSafe™ heavy duty dry survival gear storage pockets. With the canopy and double floor (these options add protection against hypothermia and provide additional buoyancy), the WINSLOW® DualSafe™ Life Raft duplicates much of the same basic functionality and survivability of the top rated FAA approved WINSLOW Ultima™ Life Raft at a considerably lower investment. Its unique customization capabilities and design makes it the perfect non-approved Part 91 “Trans Ocean” life raft.
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The WINSLOW® RescueRaft2™ is an enhanced version over our basic platform raft, the WINSLOW® RescueRaft™ (shown below). The enhancement comes in the form of twin safety air chambers built into the oversized single buoyancy tube design for added safety. Adding only minimal weight, this feature provides air chamber redundancy offering better protection against hypothermia and drowning. Other standard features include a primary boarding station, water activated exterior survivor locator light, auto deploying conical drogue and once inch lifelines. While not intended to be used as a life raft in offshore situations, the WINSLOW® RescueRaft2™ provides a means of getting survivors off the downed aircraft, keeping them out of the water to help prevent hypothermia and drowning, and making them more visible while waiting for help to arrive. The RescueRaft2™ is the better solution for the pilot needing only a basic platform raft, but wants the extra safety margin of twin safety air chambers.
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