Early SK's had a habit of dropping the cabin windows, usually over some part of Kernow or the oggin, where no one could be bothered. JR doors are an habitual offender, all previous closing solutions are effective, but a landing in a paddock is the best
Agusta A109 rear right door departing the airframe at 160+ knots was attention getting: the photographer was unbuckled from the right seat and in to the left seat, before we worked out what was happening
We discovered that a previous owner (
) had modified the emergency jettison handle such that there were 4 alternative sets of holes in the spigot for the handle to line up on. And yes, the pins were checked pre flight
BK slidings doors are fairly agricultural in construction, and often move off the microswitch giving an erroneous door warning light, but can usually be nudged home easily. The pilot's door top catch can sometimes miss fully connecting, but the airflow noise as speed increases soon gives the game away, and the door is robust enough to close easily in flight: similar problems sometimes happened in the 212/412, especially the high time airframes.