by "MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
Published 04/11/2017 at 10:04
by "MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
Published 04/11/2017 at 10:04
Tags: Planelopnik
STARS: 10
look at this thing!
A Cooper vane (also sometimes called a Dan Cooper switch or D.B. Cooper device) is a mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from being lowered in flight.[1] In the United States, following three hijackings in 1972, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered that Boeing 727 aircraft be fitted with Cooper vanes.[2] The device was named for an unidentified airplane hijacker dubbed D. B. Cooper, who used the rear stairway to exit a Boeing 727 in flight and make his escape via parachute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_vane
"facw" (facw)
04/11/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 0
Anyone know if the C-9 was ever used for paradrops? It seems like it would have come in handy for that at some point, but I can’t find any references to it actually being used that way.
"Azrek" (azrek)
04/11/2017 at 10:20, STARS: 0
Didn’t they use that in Airforce One when they all parachuted out?
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
04/11/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 2
That was a 747 that they took some artistic liberties with, so YMMV.
"R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana)
04/11/2017 at 21:04, STARS: 0
My pup’s daddy’s name was D.B. Cooper.