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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Re: Flaps and Misc.
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 15:35:02 EST
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[ Tacky, tacky, following up on my own item.... ]

> > Doug, what high wing airplanes CAN NOT open their doors with full flaps!
> 
> 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?

Well, I needed a good excuse to wander out to the ol' airport and go
airport hopping, so I looked at a bunch of high-wing planes, including
Cessnas 150, 152, 170, 172, 177, 180, 182, 195, 206, U206, 207, U207,
210, P210, P337, and the Maule M5 and Piper Tri-pacer.

The result:  the only instance I could find of flaps blocking doors was
on the U206, where the flaps block the rear door.  Since the front door
is still usable, and the straight 206 gets by with just the front door,
I imagine this isn't critical.

That's the last time I'll pay any attention to what an FAA man says  :-)
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Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug