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QuoteI was under the impression that if an aircraft door was to be opened in flight, all occupants must be wearing a parachute.
You are not alone in having that impression, but there is no FAR requiring it. Doesn't matter how many doors, how many engines, how big the cabin, how far from door to pilot, or intentions of the occupants. If there were such an FAR, every Cub pilot in the world would be in violation.
Some time just for fun, you and a friend should take up a 152 and experiment with using the doors as a substitute for the rudder.
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In the UK I have been in several 206s and a 182, some with roller/fabric doors and some without anything.
I have never seen a pilot wear a bail out rig in these aircraft.
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I have never seen a pilot wear a bail out rig in these aircraft.
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I've heard the same "DZ-lore" about "distance from the door" or a "bulkhead between the door and cockpit" and all... but have experienced pretty much the same things here as most others have posted. I've never seen an Otter Pilot actually wear a bailout rig and most of the time there is never even one on-board an Otter for him or her to put on... although, I've occasionally seen a DZ with a bailout rig on the floor, jamed between the seats and looking rather "stepped on", in a Otter. Now on a Cessna (206, 182, 172, etc.) I've never seen a pilot not wear one... as one DZO that operates both a 206 and an Otter said to me, he has a buddy who unassed himself from two C206s after someone's trash came out and took off the tail. I suppose he just figures that with the Otter, he'd just land it off field or make it back to the runway after getting all the jumpers out and that if something bad enough happened to make him want to get out (i.e. wing falls off, both engines burst into flames after meteor strike, etc), he wouldn't make it to the door before the crash... leaving from the pilot's door with #1 still turning wouldn't be an option, but it would be quick... ... then there's the left gear... ... anyway, same guy landed an Otter after a mid-air with a helicopter... helicopter crashed. Anyway, I jumped at a King Air DZ for awhile where they required their pilots to wear a bail-out rig. If I was a pilot, I don't know if I'd want to work at a place where I was expressly denied from wearing a bailout rig, especially on a Cessna, but maybe this DZ in question wasn't a Cessna operation.
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QuoteIn the UK I have been in several 206s and a 182, some with roller/fabric doors and some without anything.
I have never seen a pilot wear a bail out rig in these aircraft.
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During climb there should be no reason for the max door open speed to be reached or exceeded. It will however reduce climb performance.
I was under the impression that if an aircraft door was to be opened in flight, all occupants must be wearing a parachute.
I fly a twin jump aircraft and to be honest, there isnt enough room between the back of the seat and the yolk to fit me and a rig.
When I flew 182s, I would always wear a rig.
In a situation where a pilot might want to get out of an aircraft I'd definitely rate my chances higer in the 182. In fact, I dont think I'd have any chance of getting out of the twin in a "tails been ripped off" situation.
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