John,
the cockpit door are not steel, too heavy. They are of arimid fiber.
Kevlar/Nomex and the like. Much lighter and stronger.
Michelle (installed a few)

John Galban wrote:

John Ousterhout wrote in message . ..


Cat loose in cockpit causes emergency landing in Brussels



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Kinda gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling (pun intended) about those
impenetrable steel cockpit doors, doesn't it?

I can imagine the new security precautions that will have to go into
effect to prevent potential terrorist felines from accessing cockpits.
Air Marshall dogs????

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)



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