Open canopy/release control key

[Puma44]

Yeah, I hear ya Columbo.  I'd rather look through the oil covered windscreen than have hot oil in my eyes.   OOPS, sorry, realism snuck in. 

[Arlo]

I don't agree with the reason given but I think it would be cool for carrier launch and recovery per WWII sop. Not a biggie, though and not worth coding when bigger enhancements are in the making.

[Ack-Ack]

Yeah, I hear ya Columbo.  I'd rather look through the oil covered windscreen than have hot oil in my eyes.   OOPS, sorry, realism snuck in. 

The commander of StG1, Helmut Mahlke, after his engine in his Ju-87B was hit by Soviet ground fire and his canopy covered in oil, he opened it and stuck his head out so he could see as he landed in a small field.  In another case a few days later, his engine again was hit but this time caught on fire and opened his canopy and stood up because the flames were starting to enter into the cockpit.  He flew like this for a few minutes to give his rear gunner a chance to bail out before he did*.

This P-47 pilot also opened up his canopy after suffering an oil leak and stuck his head out so he could see.  You can him carrying his flight helmet and oxygen mask in his hand and how covered in oil the stuff is.  So there is some basis of realism in the OP's wish.



*Memories of a STUKA Pilot by Helmut Mahlke