Shock! Horror! Door pops open!

"Mike Granby" wrote in news:1113400218.905492.56470
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Thank heavens the window didn't come open!

george wrote:

It's election year here George. Politicians will do anything to attract
attention. Especially ones who are having problems :-)

Crystal.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

my favorite aviation resrepresention is an adam sandler movie (can't
remember name), where him and another convict or something land a
medium size twin on a mesa, (due to fuel starvation), and it tweeters
on the edge for a while

of course they make it out the back door, and as the plane falls off
the cliff it explodes like a supernova. (from what, the oil? they're
out of gas)

oh wait i must correct myself, i just saw the lifetime movie
"airspeed" in which a bratty prep schooled 14 year old girl lands a
plane. both controller and pilot just guess at random terms.:

james wrote:

of course they make it out the back door, and as the plane falls off
the cliff it explodes like a supernova. (from what, the oil? they're
out of gas)

An empty gas tank is much more explosive than one with fuel in it.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

"james" wrote in message
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my favorite aviation resrepresention is an adam sandler movie (can't
remember name), where him and another convict or something land a
medium size twin on a mesa, (due to fuel starvation), and it tweeters
on the edge for a while

of course they make it out the back door, and as the plane falls off
the cliff it explodes like a supernova. (from what, the oil? they're
out of gas)

That doesn't sound nearly as bad as the plane crash at the beginning of "The
Net". This guy's flying along, everything's fine, and all of the sudden a
couple of smokestacks pop out of nowhere and smite his airplane. Not pilot
error, either...the evil genuises who form the basis of the plot of the
movie arranged it all.

Pete

"Judah" wrote in message
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"Mike Granby" wrote in news:1113400218.905492.56470
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I like the example she is setting. Maybe GW should use an Aztec for Airforce
One. Reduce the tax bill a bit.

George Patterson wrote:
An empty gas tank is much more explosive than one with fuel in it.


Yes, but then there's nothing to burn. Movie airplanes burn like they had more
fuel on board than the 9/11 jetliners.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Kyler Laird wrote:
It's pretty much a non-event.

Do you have any relevant experience to support that? The times it's
happened to me I have certainly not enjoyed the instant (external)
shaking of the controls which got worse as the door was allowed to
move freely.


I opened my mouth before I thought. I don't have any Aztec time, though I do
have quite a bit in a Geronimo Apache conversion. I vaguely remember hearing
something during checkout about the door coming open, and I also recall it
happening once, but I don't remember anything dire happening.

I have always considered it more of an inconvenience and annoyance than anything
else. Obviously, the Aztec may be different.

My bad.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

"Kyler Laird" wrote in message
I've not had the door pop open when I've been flying
alone. It'd be interesting.

How would it differ?

Anyone want to talk about the piece of piano wire that actuates the
Aztec's door pins?

The main hinges use a .375" rod. Common causes of doors opening in flight
are from letting the passenger close them.

D.

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
George Patterson wrote:

An empty gas tank is much more explosive than one with fuel in it.

Yes, but then there's nothing to burn.

James said "explosion."

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.