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  While some would rightly question the wisdom of flying with a missing
side window, it's really not that big of a deal.  I fly Boeings at work and
if we have smoke in the cockpit, you'd better believe I'll descend,
depressurize and open a window to remove the smoke.  When I was flying off
carriers in the Indian Ocean , we came across a B-52 one day that was
loitering in our area low and slow.  I rendezvoued with him and the pilot
was flying with his window open and his arm resting on the sill as if he was
driving on a freeway.  There are also many planes, including light civil
(Grumman Tiger for one) that are approved to fly with the canopy open.
  As Chuck Yeager said, "I don't recommend it, but it can be done".

Skip Slater

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