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August 15th 09, 03:01 AM
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Smoking, etc. in cockpit
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:52:58 -0700, Frank Whiteley wrote:
Worth repeating. Many years ago in the UK, a Std Cirrus pilot apparently dropped his lighter into the front of the cockpit, undid his straps to recover it, and PIO'd himself out through the canopy. Parachute worked though. Did this happen more than once or is it apocryphal? I ask this because Martin Simons describes an almost identical event at Waikerie around 1971. See "Sailplanes 1965-2000" page 147. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | 
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August 15th 09, 05:52 AM
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On Aug 14, 8:01*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote: On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:52:58 -0700, Frank Whiteley wrote: Worth repeating. *Many years ago in the UK, a Std Cirrus pilot apparently dropped his lighter into the front of the cockpit, undid his straps to recover it, and PIO'd himself out through the canopy. Parachute worked though. Did this happen more than once or is it apocryphal? I ask this because Martin Simons describes an almost identical event at Waikerie around 1971. See "Sailplanes 1965-2000" page 147. -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * | Can't say. Related to me in the late 1970's as a UK incident, but maybe the provincials still consider OZ part of the empire;^) Frank
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August 15th 09, 06:20 AM
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On Aug 14, 10:52*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Aug 14, 8:01*pm, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:52:58 -0700, Frank Whiteley wrote: Worth repeating. *Many years ago in the UK, a Std Cirrus pilot apparently dropped his lighter into the front of the cockpit, undid his straps to recover it, and PIO'd himself out through the canopy. Parachute worked though. I recall a similar story-Cirrus pilot dropped his screwdriver while adjusting TE for a vario. Did this happen more than once or is it apocryphal? I ask this because Martin Simons describes an almost identical event at Waikerie around 1971. See "Sailplanes 1965-2000" page 147. -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * | Can't say. *Related to me in the late 1970's as a UK incident, but maybe the provincials still consider OZ part of the empire;^) Frank
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August 15th 09, 08:23 AM
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