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Old April 14th 05, 04:46 PM
Ron Tock
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Corky Scott wrote:

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:52:22 -0700, "Bob Gardner"
wrote:


If the door of an Aztec pops open, it will only open about 4-6 inches and
will kind of oscillate back and forth between those extremes. Causes some
tail feather buffeting. Anyone trying to pull the door shut is fighting air
pressure and wasting his or her time.

Bob Gardner




That's what I wondered. They probably didn't realise they couldn't
close the door in flight, and kept trying. They'd likely be unhappy
to be told that they could have just sat there doing nothing and the
flight wouldn't have changed a bit.

You can close the door in flight. I did it on a Warrior once and that
was from the pilot seat reaching over.
Unless a Warrior is that different from an Aztec, which I haven't flown.