Originally posted by Ben Lanterman
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The height problem is not there in any form when in an airplane of any kind that has a full fuselage around the bottom. Maybe it is my butt that has the height problem! Strange.
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Way back when, the prototype Tristar had most of the hardware a production airplane would use, except on the galley door. Instead of a prism window that permitted someone inside the galley to check clearance before opening the door on the ground, it had a standard window.
I discovered that by crawling up on the door, I could look and photograph straight down.. all the time hoping the door was really a plug-type, which had to come in before it could open!
(not that opening a door in a pressurized airplane is possible.)