On Fri, 14 May 2004 22:48:19 +0100 "Vivian Meazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Rick Ansell > > Sent: 14 May 2004 21:30 > > To: FlightGear developers discussions <snip> > I don't recall a jettison function: > it had to moved to the rear by hand in an emergency. Aerodynamic forces > tended to keep it closed. There are many stories of pilots only managing to > escape at the last minute, and I suspect quite a few didn't make it. I'm fairly certain it existed, at least in later versions. There was also an escape drill for a jammed canopy: Undo seat straps. Crouch on seat with back against canopy. Push stick forward as hard and sharply as you can. 'You will now be clear of the aircraft' :) A moot point if the pilot can choose but... I'm fairly sure that on ops and current displays the canopy was/is closed on take-off, but I may be mistaken. On ops getting airborne and into the climb as rapidly as possible curtosy of the reduced drag of a closed canopy would take precedence over safety. <Dreams> It would be nice if the extra drag 'with the top down' was represented </Dreams> ... ignore me, I'm just remembering a spring day a few years ago, sat on the edge of a cornfield at the foot of the Downs, late summer sunshine, a lone Spitfire cavorting in the crystal blue overhead... ...alone in the office watching a Spitfire in the golden twilight, low level over Farnborough airfield... Rick _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
