Re: Downed Apache?

[Tom Putnam]

Small thing, but the cockpit windows aren't glass, they're plexiglass.

Tom
> BTW - someone mentioned earlier about "jettisoning" the hatches. The
cockpit doors aren't "jettisoned". Det cord runs along the edges of the
glass and merely shatters it.

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"Tom Putnam" > wrote:

>Small thing, but the cockpit windows aren't glass, they're plexiglass.
>

To be even more correct, they aren't plexiglass either, they're
plexiglas.
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-Gord.

[Steve Hix]

In article >,
"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:

> "Tom Putnam" > wrote:
>
> >Small thing, but the cockpit windows aren't glass, they're plexiglass.
> >
>
> To be even more correct, they aren't plexiglass either, they're
> plexiglas.

Odd...thought they were Perspex.

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Steve Hix > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Gord Beaman" ) wrote:
>
>> "Tom Putnam" > wrote:
>>
>> >Small thing, but the cockpit windows aren't glass, they're plexiglass.
>> >
>>
>> To be even more correct, they aren't plexiglass either, they're
>> plexiglas.
>
>Odd...thought they were Perspex.

Just another trade name for the same thing isn't it?...I believe
that it's all an acrylic plastic. Oddly enough the two front
cockpit windows on the P2V-7 Neptune were indeed two layers of
glass separated by some clear compound which when powered would
provide both anti-icing and strength. We were instructed to
always keep the heat on. It was called NESA anti-icing.
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-Gord.