I had almost the same experience (“Open-Door Policy,” Learning Experiences, August 2011) with my father. It was just after WWII, and I was 10 or 11. He had a Piper Cub. It was a nice, late summer evening and we had just taken off from the Whitman County Airport in Eastern Washington. The window was open and-why, I dont know-I reached up and pulled its quick release. It promptly fell off, but my dad had seen me do it and, as luck would have 288
Open-Door Policy
I had almost the same experience ("Open-Door Policy," Learning Experiences, August 2011) with my father. It was just after WWII, and I was 10 or 11. He had a Piper Cub. It was a nice, late summer evening and we had just taken off from the Whitman County Airport in Eastern Washington. The window was open and-why, I dont know-I reached up and pulled its quick release. It promptly fell off, but my dad had seen me do it and, as luck would have it, caught the door! He calmly reached around with it, handed it to me and said "Hang on to it; Ill land and well put it back on." Which we did, on a hilltop in wheat stubble out in the middle of nowhere.
Key Takeaways:
- A pilot recounts a calm and effective response by his father to an in-flight incident where a Piper Cub's door came off.
- Altimeter readings are significantly affected by non-standard atmospheric temperatures, causing true altitude to differ from indicated altitude, particularly in mountainous regions.
- A flight examiner contends that current pilot training shortcomings are due to a failure to adhere to existing standards, leading to inadequate fundamental flying skills among candidates.
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