to have the fire axe handy to punch a hole in the forward windshield
not on any modern aircraft, I suggest ... unless you back up the axe with a few heavy calibre rounds ...
how you could poke your head out
I don't think that is the idea ... more a case of having the hole through which to look .. might take some yawed flight to make it work, depending on Type, but the aim is a successful recovery .. rather than one's normally elegant landing.