On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:47:39 -0600, Dan Marotta wrote:

If I did misread it, then I stand corrected. Even though we speak the
same language across the pond, it's not always received the same way.

The wording could have been improved.

I'd have written it as:
"A section of canopy of the ASW 19B was found at the top of Sutton Bank,
and the rest of the canopy was found in 500m away in close proximity to
the glider's fuselage. Examination of the glider confirmed that the
jettison procedure had been initiated, but not completed, before impact
with the ground. The forward section of the canopy frame had been
released from the 'lifting arm' prior to ground impact, but the canopy
locking pins were in the 'LOCkeD' position."

I remember reading the AAIB report when it came out.

I presume that by 'the locking pins' they mean the two pins at the rear
that hold the canopy closed. With the front of the canopy freed from the
lifting arm that normally acts as the front pivot but restrained by the
PDA cables after the front had lifted a foot or two, those two pins and
the cable would certainly keep the canopy attached and prevent egress.


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