Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:40:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.219] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP-TLS id 2636357 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:19:57 -0400 Received: from erics1200mhz (cpe-68-186-243-158.ma.charter.com [68.186.243.158]) by mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with SMTP id h9EEJbhw090306 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:19:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from emjones@charter.net) X-Original-Message-ID: <00f301c3925e$e8833580$0300a8c0@erics1200mhz> From: "Eric M. Jones" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Canopy breaking tool X-Original-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:24:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Pat--how about a photo of the thing and some ident number?! > I found the perfect canopy breaking tool in a vendor's shop adjacent to the AF "boneyard" at Davis >Monthan AFB, Tucson. Some of those guys buy lots of odds and ends scrap items for resale. The >tool was designed for the T-33 and was mounted on the canopy rail in a secure bracket. It is a very >heavy round handle, about 6" long, with a heavy duty 2" steel, pointed blade on the end. The AF >used them for years. Pat Halloran A few notes--Some mention was made of the "Automobile Emergency Exit" tool. These usually have a small hard point for shattering Herculite glass and a teeny-weenie seat belt cutter. It's not the tool you need to break out of an airplane. MUCH better is a 21" Titanium Crowbar, or a Mini-Axe-Prybar, or a short NYFD Halligan-type forcible entry tool. Gerber has a backpack axe that looks great and some rescue knives. First choice--check out a Soviet Spetznaz survival machete--if you can't get out of any aircraft with this thing comrade--it's because you forgot to bring it. Regards, Eric M. Jones www.PerihelionDesign.com 113 Brentwood Drive Southbridge MA 01550-2705 Phone (508) 764-2072 Email: emjones@charter.net