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Old 2nd Jun 2010, 06:35
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That the tacan aerial?

The QRA power recepticals, IIRC, were fastened with spring-loaded latches. I think the theory was the snap-shut action when the cable was snatched would cause the latch to snap and lock the door.

I think more often than not there was too much paint and gunge on the sprung hinges and on the latch and it didn't latch automatically. For a scramble we would go with the hatch sprung shut but not latched.
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