BEagle
A famous fighter-bomber was designed with a clever opening canopy-cum-extending step because the nose was too far off the ground to use conventional kick-in steps
Apologies for being off-topic, but am I right to recall that a certain pilot also had to resort to a hazardous ground MDC firing because said steps wouldn't extend due to the fact that the nose was on the deck following a nosewheel collapse on landing - and therefore the canopy wouldn't open?
Great design!