Sven den Boer wrote:
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>Saturday april 2nd, a nice day for a ride with beautiful weather.
>After take off, turning out of the circuit and towards the lake, having a
>passenger onboard, a ride over water is always a bit more smooth.
>After 15 minutes of flight a Whoosh sound was noted, I did not take long to
>realize that the pilot door had disappeared and had actually departed the
>aircraft. Was I glad being over water.
>The aircraft was undammaged and flying it was not different, except for a
>lot of noise due to the wind.
>After an uneventfull landing and a couple of days of thinking and
>investigating this mishap, it is most likely that the door did lock at the
>forward position, but the aft locking pin was outside the fuselage.
>Being a quite new Europa flyer I have been asking around and this seems to
>be a frequent observation.
>Now working on a solution, probabely a set of microswitches and a small
>light will do the trick, since it is almost impossible to verify by the eye.
>
>A thanks to Andy of Europa, who responded quickly and is trying to get the
>parts over even this week !!
>
>Cheers
>
>Sven den Boer
>A168 (Cabrio)
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This is exactly why I installed the pull handles on the inside/rear of
the doors. It enables me to be sure the door is properly secured...
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Jeff - A055
FWF left to do...
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