In a message dated 8/29/2006 2:23:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, sportform@cox.net writes:

I assume the Legacy canopy is 3/8"....big assumption.  However, this 
is the way you get out of many WWII warbirds, particularly those with 
a jump seat in the back.  Grab a bag of adrenaline and give it a good 
whack...  I've never personally done it (thank goodness!), but it's 
been sworn up and down to me that it will work....and it's bound to 
have a better chance than the phillips head on your fuel strainer...

'Fraid not.  Our canapes, oops - canopies (durn french), are made out of xxxxxxxx and they will not shatter like safety glass in autos.