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Old 30th Nov 2007, 09:51
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FlyingHead,
The rear windows jettison because the sliding door does not. The entire pilot door assemblies jettison. On aircraft with a rear hinged door, the entire door jettisons, as well.

Canuck Guy,
I have no recent info on that. I do know that the C30 family chip procedure once a chip is confirmed was always to go to idle and/or shut it down, so the idea of going to idle when you pull the CB is not a bad idea. Frankly, this is in keeping ahead of the aircraft, since you will be in a regime where a failure is of low consequence, since you are already in OEI flight.

At 30,000 rpm, things happen quickly, so I would guess going to idle first saves many seconds of running time, valuable time since while pulling the CB your head is turned the wrong way if the engine should quit.

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