Posted for Tammy and Mike Salzman <arrow54t@yahoo.com>:

 Chat,
 
 I don't have a strap,...yet.  I can reach the door while seated and
 pull it closed without much problem.  I grab the door just above the
 fuselage close to the hinge line and pull it down as I am already
 strapped in to my seat.  A strap would make it a little easier though.
 
 Mike Salzman
Fairfield, CA
 LNCE