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
    6·
    6 months 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.

    • hikaru755@feddit.deEnglish
      16·
      6 months ago

      It’s in the description of the video, the canopy locking pin wasn’t locked and she failed to notice during visual checks

    • Wilshire@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      These are extremely rare events. It would be like wearing a helmet in case your windshield fell out. Having some in the cockpit for emergencies could help, but I don’t know if it would be possible to put them on while handling said emergency.

        • shadowedcross@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          7·
          6 months ago

          Helmets can help race car drivers in crashes, if you’re in a plane crash it’s unlikely to help much. Fighter jet pilots wear helmets mainly for breathing at high altitudes (that most GA aircraft are incapable of flying at), as well as for things like an HMD.

  • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 months 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.

  • NightShot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    85·
    6 months ago

    Anyone else thinks shes hot because shes doing cool stuff like flying and to that being brave as shit landing that plane like a pro. Not your average influencer making a makeup tutorial ;-P