McGoo et al., thanks for the advice.
Originally Posted by
tmmorris
it'll be noisy and you may be effectively NORDO but you should be fine. The crucial thing is not to be spooked by it.
As a skydiver, it's flying with the door
closed that feels weird
(not to mention hot)
The other one (which I think has killed?) is seat adjustment latches failing on rotation leaving you sliding backwards pulling the nose up as you go.
Good point. I recently flew a 172 which had a ratchet thingy fitted on the front seat detent to stop it from sliding backwards. I had this happen to me but on a car not an airplane--admitedly it was in less than pristine condition
