07.12.2007, 10:28
Not me 
The canopy frame was quite heavy.
When it was closed it was usually closed by both pilot and a crew member so as not to clunk the pilot" before" leaving dispersal and locked from the inside by the pilot.
If the pilot had to bail he pulled on not the lock, but the emergency canopy release which lifted the frame off the pin fixtures and the wind did the rest. It wasn't like a sliding canopy at all.
Becauseof the way it worked, Luftwaffe pilots referred to it as the coffin lid.
The idea isn't very realistic now is it?
The canopy frame was quite heavy.
When it was closed it was usually closed by both pilot and a crew member so as not to clunk the pilot" before" leaving dispersal and locked from the inside by the pilot.
If the pilot had to bail he pulled on not the lock, but the emergency canopy release which lifted the frame off the pin fixtures and the wind did the rest. It wasn't like a sliding canopy at all.
Becauseof the way it worked, Luftwaffe pilots referred to it as the coffin lid.
The idea isn't very realistic now is it?