Story of self - opened and shattered canopy mid-flight
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Couple of years ago during my second training flight of that day, on a very hot summer day, the canopy of the Extra 330LX that I was flying opened in flight ...
  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    11 days ago

    Anybody with experience want to talk about how/why this happened? Seems like part of the problem was the small opening on the right side of the plane. But I imagine its should be designed to not break so easily considering the use case. In addition, I’m surprised the canopy would open instead of staying locked. Good thing this pilot didn’t panic and was experienced enough to still safely land the plane.

  • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Fuck it’s so hard to see going that fast. The side eye head turn peripheral move is the only way to see. Her eyes were prolly watering till the next day tho lol.