Gentlemen,

On Friday night I received a call from a fellow builder friend asking if I had any way to get into his airplane. Seems the door latch pin had sheared inside the cabin with the door locked, and they were debating where to drill the hole in the fuselage to be able to unlock the door. Told him he was in luck, as I had a tool specifically made to do this—although I had never used it.

On Saturday morning I recovered this little three-part device from my baggage compartment tool kit. It took all of three minutes to open his door with it. We were all impressed, and he—most thankful!

The reason I’m writing is that I bought this in 2006 or so, and don’t recall who within the Lancair community devised and constructed it. If anyone knows, would you please post the info back to me via the LML?  I hope never to have to use this on my own plane, but I want to add this item to the list of “recommended tools” for the IV/IV-P airplanes, and possibly for the ES and any others that use this type door latch system.

Thanks,

Bob