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LoLPilot replied to the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots.That is interesting about Cirrus. I would imagine that the lack of a definitive "yes" or "no" to unlatching the door is to shield the... -
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There is an STC for Pipers and other single door aircraft to put the pilot side window on a hinge, specifically for the purpose of this... -
LoLPilot replied to the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots.Thanks for the input! The club instructor did tell me to give the door a whack with my hand on the Piper before takeoff to make sure...
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LoLPilot reacted to jbarrass's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
2 doors are better than one of course. Either are better than the sliding canopy I have in my AA1A. I really don't want to crash...
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LoLPilot reacted to Morgan3820's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
True story. In my younger days I had an engine out in a Cherokee 140. The plane landed on the mains, but flipped over In a field of soft...
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LoLPilot reacted to wilkersk's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
PA28 doors will "pop-open" quite nicely, in an emergency or otherwise. As far as the "Crash Axe" goes, I suspect that if it is...
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LoLPilot reacted to Bob Noel's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
It is my understanding that you can kick out any of the windows and also kick through the aluminum skin of the cherokee if necessary...
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LoLPilot reacted to Bill's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
Remember the baggage door is an auxiliary escape hatch and can be opened on the inside.
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LoLPilot reacted to Zeldman's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
Many years ago I assisted a CFI and student egress an upside down 150, or 152, I don't recall. I got the window open, unhooked the brace...
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LoLPilot reacted to MRC01's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
A few years I was tying up my plane after a flight when a piper crash landed on the runway. They glided in straight & level but were not...
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LoLPilot reacted to Skip Miller's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
Well it is clear you never have had an improperly latched PA 28 door pop open on takeoff. The door is hard to close due to the ram air...
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LoLPilot reacted to Baked Potato's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
Yeah, the issue is not knowing the canopy materials of different LSA that I fly and which of them are actually breakable by an...
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LoLPilot reacted to eman1200's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
incredibly easy.
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LoLPilot reacted to Baked Potato's post in the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots with Like.
I have a glass hammer in the glove box in the canopy planes I fly. Don't ask me to prove their worth in an actual accident scenario though.
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LoLPilot replied to the thread Emergency exit question - especially for Cherokee pilots.Yeah I've wondered about that too, because I know that is what is taught in the forced landing procedure for high wing Cessnas.
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