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From: cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Flaps and Misc.
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 13:32:12 EST
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> Okay, that was hearsay so I can't name names.  Where I heard that was
> from the local FAA Accident Prevention Specialist at one of the local
> Aviation Safety Seminars, so I presumed it to be reliable poop.  Maybe
> someone on the net can confirm or deny it?

The Cessna 206 is one of these airplanes.  With the flaps extended,
the rear door can not be opened fully.  The rear door, on the right
side of the fuselage, is about four feet wide with a double door
installed.  The foreward part of the door hangs up on the flap.
In order to use this as an emergency exit, the foreward part of the
door is forced open enough to unlatch the rear part of the door.
Then you can go through the rear 2 foot section.  Try that in a burning
airplane!

That is, however, the only high wing airplane that I can think of 
with that problem.  The 207 rear door is farther aft of the wing, so
there is no interferance.  All of the other Cessna's have the doors 
in front of the flap.  Going farther back, the Piper high wing aircraft,
Stinson, Taylorcraft and Aeronca four seaters all had the doors directly
under the wing, again there is no interference.

Is it possible that the Brittian-Norman Islander/Trislander middle door
doesn't open with full flaps?  I really can't picture where the middle
door is on this airplane.

Another bit of food for thought, especially for you Cherokee drivers...
How can you get out of your airplane if the door is jammed, and you 
MUST get out?  What alternate exits exist on your airplane?  What do you
have in the airplane to use to break out a window?  No prize to the
winners, but the losers really lose.

					jeff williams
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
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