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Fris B. Fairing
8th Feb 2009, 22:37
Can anyone identify this door please?
http://www.adastron.com/aviation/vault/door-0015.jpg
Here's the other side:
http://www.adastron.com/aviation/vault/door-0016.jpg
dusk2dawn
9th Feb 2009, 08:05
Looks like something out of the http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia-86/ section.
Fris B. Fairing
9th Feb 2009, 08:29
Dusk
I do have my suspicions about its origins so I thought I'd give it a run on Freight Dogs first. If there's no joy here I'll try AH&N later.
Rgds
Raredata
9th Feb 2009, 08:37
I've been looking for that damned door everywhere! Where was it?
Fris B. Fairing
9th Feb 2009, 08:51
Raredata
I'll tell you where it is if you tell me where it was.
Rgds
greuzi
9th Feb 2009, 16:46
Shark-proof surfboard?
Try the Yanks at Mildenhall they lost one off a 135 over weekend:}
VEEPS
Looks like the right hand side passenger entry door on DC-3 airplanes...and yes, some were made this way.
Quite a few, actually.
The AvgasDinosaur
9th Feb 2009, 20:02
Some early DC-3s and a huge number of licence built Lusinov LI-2s in Russia.
Hope it helps
Be lucky
David
MarkerInbound
9th Feb 2009, 20:17
The vents at the bottom make me think it's not an entry door.
I agree it seems unlikely to be an exterior door. Might it be an internal in the hold for access to electrics bays?
stevef
9th Feb 2009, 21:16
I'd suggest it's an inward-opening toilet door, going by the hinge layout and lock next to the handle.
Fris B. Fairing
10th Feb 2009, 21:11
Dear Moderator
Could you please move this thread to Aviation History & Nostalgia. I think it's run its course here.
Thanks
helldog
10th Feb 2009, 21:34
Fris. You should be a moderator....your awesome dude:D
Before you go, I think that it's an old cockpit door (DC-3, DC-4, maybe a Beach-18?) with air vents. Note the possible paperwork slot/holder to the right of the door handle, and the marks of a removed certificate holder above.
Fris B. Fairing
16th Feb 2009, 08:57
I have just added an image of the other side of the door. Please see first post.
Rgds
Fris B. Fairing
20th Feb 2009, 08:33
The door has been identified as a cockpit door from an An-12. The more commonly photographed door on the An-12 is the pressure door between the galley and the cargo hold. There is a lighter door between the galley and the cockpit and that's the one we have. Thanks to everyone who assisted.
Rgds
greuzi
20th Feb 2009, 16:41
Dang...I have flown in an AN12 twice but did not ring any bells.
Did raise my eyebrows however when the loading crew sparked up cigarettes in the area you describe just after take off and started playing cards with beer all round.
Maybe why I did not notice the door!